Supermarket group Carrefour has said that revenues were up modestly in the third quarter.
Revenues were driven by strong sales in its convenience stores and booming regions like Asia and Latin America.
The world's second-largest retailer after Wal-Mart said sales rose 2.1% to €22.6 billion in the July to September quarter.
Recessions in Spain and Italy weighed on the company's performance in Europe, where sales slipped 2.2%.
But Asia and Latin America picked up the slack, growing 12.3% and 5.2% respectively.
Carrefour recently appointed a new chief executive who is trying to turn around the company, particularly its core hypermarket business.
Sales at hypermarkets are down 2.4% so far this year. In contrast, its smaller stores have grown 6.6%.
