Whoa. I’ve just found out that out there in the jungle, rumor is out and about that Wal-Mart is trying to take over Carrefour. Both giants have denied the rumor, however.

Imagine what kind of giant would be born if that rumor were true. Wal-Mart, already the world’s largest company, buying out French giant Carrefour – that’s just unfathomable. What would be more unthinkable is that a French company is being bought by an Uncle Sam Arkansas-based retailer.

But if it were true, the marriage would offer a huge economy of scale to Wal-Mart. That alone would render other competing retailers as ants waiting to be squashed upon.

Thank goodness all these are mere hearsays. Else, the next time anybody goes to Paris, they would need a Wal-Martian visa.