CARREFOUR THE UNADAPTABLE

I think the company (carrefour) is still standing on solid grounds, but could lose their balance (like a toddler) they should be aiming at becoming the worlds-FIRST biggest retailer as this would ultimately help increase their market share and also their sales evidently. This can be done by adapting strategic and organisational and management skills. 
I think Lars Olofsson could have done a better job in the long term but absolutely nothing in the short term, my reason being he could not adapt with 'change', we live in a world where you either keep up with the jones' or get left behind so to speak. He also couldn't have done anything in the short term as it seems he was under pressure. A lack of communication with the shareholders also didn't help his reputation at large. 
A good strategic leader would firstly find a way to adapt to the markets changing "lifestyle" by doing so he should have cut costs as this is the first way to increase profits. Like a saying goes: You can not use a whale to catch sardines....it makes no sense! 
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device