*Offer values the retailer at $6.6 billion. FRANKFURT, June 23- Metro said that an unsolicited offer by two prominent investors to take over the German retailer substantially undervalues it and advised shareholders on Sunday to hold off on taking action until management comments further. EP Global Commerce, which already held a stake of nearly 11% in Metro, said...
PARIS/ SINGAPORE/ BEIJING, June 23- Carrefour, Europe's largest retailer, took a decisive step on Sunday toward a full exit of the Chinese market by selling a majority stake of its activities in the country to Suning.com. Carrefour, which has been in China since 1995, has spent years trying to fix a business where 2018 sales fell 5.9% to 4.1 billion euros amid fierce...
*Offer values the retailer at $6.6 billion. FRANKFURT, June 23- Metro said that an unsolicited offer by two prominent investors to take over the German retailer substantially undervalues it and advised shareholders on Sunday to hold off on taking action until management comments further. EP Global Commerce, which already held a stake of nearly 11% in Metro, said...
PARIS, June 23- Carrefour, Europe's largest retailer, said on Sunday it had agreed to sell 80% of its Chinese operations to Chinese group Suning.com in all-cash transaction. Carrefour China operates 210 hypermarkets and 24 convenience stores. It generated net sales of 3.6 billion euros and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of 66...
Gareth James, Senior Equities Analyst at Morningstar, says he expected the CEO departure as the business has been under pressure for a while.