This is not a fair reckoning of likely USA prices, though, because French retailers usually sell netbooks at higher prices.

To move the merchandise, French retailers have been slashing prices.

In 2001, she sold the remaining 30% of the company to the French retailer, with sales in excess of €100 million.

The company also purchased the UK arm of the French retailer, Carrefour.

The resignation of the supervisory board chairman at Carrefour, the French retailer, has fueled speculation over a shift in strategy.

When established in 1984, Dacem was a wholly owned subsidiary of Darty, a French electrical retailer.

Castorama is a French retailer of DIY and home improvement tools and supplies.

In 2005, French retailers spent about $3 billion on advertising, according to TNS.

Other French retailers are expected to follow suit this year.

The merger would create the fourth-largest French retailer, with sales of 117 billion francs ($23 billion).