Carrefour third quarter sales slow with weak France, keeps goals

PARIS (Reuters) - Carrefour , Europe's largest retailer, said on Tuesday that sales growth slowed in the third quarter, reflecting a weaker performance in its core French market where fewer promotional periods notably hit hypermarket sales.Carrefour nevertheless said that it was on track with a strategic overhaul plan aimed at boosting earnings and sales and that it was sticking with its targets under the plan.Third-quarter sales came to 20.2 billion euros(17.39 billion pounds). Growth reached..