French retailer Carrefour to launch $1.9b sale of Taiwan business

French retailer Carrefour to launch $1.9b sale of Taiwan business

A Carrefour logo seen on display at a Carrefour SA supermarket in Paris, France. Photographer: ANTOINE ANTONIOL/Bloomberg

French retailer Carrefour is planning to launch a sale of its Taiwan business, which is valued at around 1.6 billion euros ($1.9 billion) in the coming weeks, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.