French supermarket giant Carrefour SA (CA.FR) is at the early stages of selling its shops in Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, a person familiar with the situation said Monday.
一位知情人士周一透露，法国超市巨头家乐福(Carrefour SA)正处于出售新加坡、泰国和马来西亚门店的初期阶段。
'It's still in the early stages, but it's clear they want to sell the south east Asia assets. If it goes through it could generate up to $1 billion,' the person said.
上述知情人士说，交易仍处于初期阶段，不过很明显他们希望出售东南亚的资产；如果交易成功，家乐福可能会获得至多10亿美元。
Carrefour declined to comment.
家乐福拒绝置评。
Chief Executive Officer Lars Olofsson in May said he was open to offers for the company's operations in markets where it isn't in the top two. Analysts have cited Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore as likely candidates.
家乐福首席执行长罗盛中(Lars Olofsson)今年5月份时说，对于家乐福没有排在前两位的市场，他对相关收购提议持开放态度。分析人士认为泰国、马来西亚和新加坡是可能的出售对象。
'The sale of assets in these countries would make sense as the company has other areas that are priorities for investment,' one analyst said. Under Olofsson's direction, Carrefour has focused efforts on its key European markets--France, Spain, Italy and Belgium, where weak consumption is hurting business. France alone accounts for nearly half of the company's annual revenues.
一位分析人士说，出售家乐福在这些国家的资产是合理的，因为该公司有其他在投资上应该优先考虑的地区。按照罗盛中的指示，家乐福一直将精力集中在法国、西班牙、意大利和比利时等主要欧洲市场；在这些国家，疲弱的消费正在打击业务。仅法国就占了该公司年收入的近一半。
Abroad, fast-growing China and Brazil are priorities for the company.
在海外，迅速增长的中国和巴西则是家乐福优先考虑的投资地。
Olofsson in recent months has restructured Carrefour's operations in a number of countries, reducing operations in Italy and exiting Russia altogether. The company Friday signed a deal with Belgian unions over plans to shut a number of stores in the country, ending four months of negotiations.
近几个月，罗盛中调整了家乐福在数个国家的运营结构，削减了意大利的业务，并彻底退出了俄罗斯。该公司上周五与比利时工会就关闭在该国数家门店的计划签订了一项协议，这也为长达四个月的谈判划上了句号。
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