PARIS—Amazon.com Inc.’s Whole Foods deal is adding urgency to European grocers’ push to shift from bricks to clicks. Carrefour SA, Europe’s largest publicly listed grocer by sales, reported disappointing first-half results and warned it would fall short of sales forecasts, sending its shares down 13% on Thursday. The French company’s struggles reflect a broader scramble to cope with fast-changing consumer tastes and shopping habits....

Source: Wall Street Journal August 31, 2017 16:48 UTC