CARREFOUR store opening sparks protest in Indonesia

Planet Retail 11 Aug 2008

As reported in the Indonesian press, approximately 100 vendors were protesting against the opening of a Carrefour store in Jakarta's Blok M shopping area at the beginning of August. The vendors trade in a traditional market area around the new Carrefour outlet. The protestors state that Carrefour should not have been given permission to open a store within 2.5km of a traditional market area under a law passed in 2002.

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