date:Jul 18, 2014
ent rise on 2013.
The first-half usually accounts for about 35 percent of full-year operating income, Sivignon said.
The world's largest retailer after Wal-Mart (WMT.N) said second-quarter sales were 20.517 billion euros ($27.8 billion), beating an average forecast of 20.384 billion in a Reuters poll of analysts. Stripping out fuel and currencies, revenue grew 4.9 percent versus 3.7 percent growth in the first quarter.
I believe this is partly due to self-help measures implemented by Mr Plass