Colruyt Group must make choices to maintain focus, CEO Stefan Goethaert realises. Following the sale of its French supermarkets, the future of clothing chain ZEB and bicycle shops Bike Republic is now also uncertain.
Time for choices
The sale of the loss-making French supermarkets heralds a new phase for Colruyt Group: under CEO Stefan Goethaert, the retail group is switching to a strategy of focus and rationalisation. “If I had to highlight one thing, it would be: making choices and maintaining sufficient focus,” says Goethaert in an interview with Belgian newspaper De Tijd.
