Kaufhof, a unit of retail giant Metro AG, now keeps big-city stores open until 10 p.m.

零售巨头麦德龙(Metro AG)旗下的Kaufhof现在让大城市的店铺开到晚上10点。

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German supermarket chain Metro AG /quotes/comstock/11e!fmeo (DE:MEO 55.61, +0.63, +1.15%) rose 1.4%.

德国超市连锁企业麦德龙公司股价上涨1.4%。

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Wal-Mart, a US-based hypermarket giant, currently works with Mindshare on media buying and planning in China. Other industry players include Carrefour, Tesco and Metro AG.

美国大型超市巨头沃尔玛目前由传立媒体负责其在中国的媒体采购和策划。沃尔玛其它同行包括家乐福，特易购和麦德龙。

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Assets: Owns 22% of Metro AG, 7% of Metro Group and vast landholdings throughout Europe and North America.

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The main competitor for Karstadt is Kaufhof, a division of the huge Metro AG which has ample financial resources.

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Metro AG itself won't comment other than to say that these are "market rumors, " which doesn't exactly calm any frayed nerves over in Redmond.

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