Carrefour Brasil's first-quarter sales rise 12.5% as coronavirus boosts e-commerce

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian food retailer Carrefour Brasil SA on Monday reported a 12.5% rise in first-quarter gross revenue from the same period a year ago, with the coronavirus outbreak boosting sales in all formats, especially its food e-commerce.Excluding gasoline, total gross sales hit 15.197 billion reais (2.17 billion pounds) in the quarter, the local subsidiary of France's Carrefour SA said in a securities filing. On a like-for-like basis, excluding calendar effect, gross sales..