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Carson Block argues Casino's France retail business is quietly deteriorating — average market share slipped from 11.55% in 2014 to 11.51% in 2015 despite aggressive discounting — while management masks the decline by routing property-development gains through EBITDA in apparent breach of IFRS. The letter issues ten pointed questions to chairman Jean-Charles Naouri ahead of the January 14 call, attacks S&P for a €164 million EBITDA overstatement and a €2.6 billion proportional-cash error, and flags governance conflicts (Fitch's chairman sits on Casino's board). 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