Great news from France

[pedronoth]

http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2014/04/09/monoprix-pret-a-se-mettre-au-bitcoin-des-la-fin-de-l-annee_4398350_3234.html

Monoprix is a big French retail corporation and they are saying they will start to accept bitcoin before 2015

[nogreedy]

c'est énorme, giant, magnificent and fabulous.
https://www.google.fr/search?newwindow=1&safe=off&hl=fr&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=monoprix&oq=monoprix&gs_l=img.3..0l10.4559.5638.0.5908.3.3.0.0.0.0.146.409.0j3.3.0....0...1c.1.40.img..0.3.405.O5jfBpn9KNo
It's huge
465 stores in France.
monoprix belongs to Casino group.
Casino is primarily expanding its multi-format portfolio in the convenience and discount segments. Its business model is built on a network of strategically related, yet clearly differentiated banners – Spar and Vival (urban and rural superettes), Monoprix and Franprix (centre-city stores), Leader Price (discount outlets) and Naturalia (organic foods). With its 6,500 convenience stores, Casino leads this segment in France.

[LavaWave]

Right now we need all the good news that we can take. Hopefully more retailers and other businesses will follow suit in adopting it!

[zolace]

yes!!! Lets keep the wave coming and one day people will adopt with the trend, even the haters of bitcoin

[tianrui81317]

That's huge!
Uh... but how they convert btc into fiat?

[leopard2]

Bears are in denial phase 

They will suffer.

[nogreedy]

it is not until next year...



Monoprix director of e-commerce, P. Oualid said on Twitter :
Hello, it is not a hot topic for this year... (no longer relevant for the end of the year)

[Dajve]

Bitcoin isn't a hot topic in general or for them? I don't really mind when they start accepting it as long as they're still interested in doing it at some point.

[Bubbles06]

If all stores in the Casino group started accepting BTC that might be the biggest adoption of all time. International reach too.

[TinaK]

2014 charismeis would accept

[1Referee]

Quite a large retailer, let's see how it works. And remember, it's just the beginning 

Hope they will release some info on how many purchases have been made the first month.

[Chef Ramsay]

Each new tremble under the surface gets us that much closer to the next big bang.

[Ron~Popeil]

Bullish news for sure. France is starting to look like a very bitcoin friendly place. I would swap some bitcoin for some french wine and cheese.

[pitham1]

Hopefully, my bitcoin holdings are sufficient for a holiday in France in the next 2 years.

[Onetallnerd]

If all stores in the Casino group started accepting BTC that might be the biggest adoption of all time. International reach too.

They'd probably only do it for the website, or does it specifically say all the retail stores too?

[The Bad Guy]

Yay,cool news I may start changing my mind about france & their crap 

[LiteCoinGuy]

Monoprix S.A. (French pronunciation: ​[mɔnɔpʁi]) is a major French retail chain with its headquarters in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France, near Paris.[1] The company's stores combine food retailing with hardware, clothing, household items and gifts.

It was a joint subsidiary of the Casino Group and Groupe Galeries Lafayette, with both partners holding 50% of the company each since 2000, until June 2012 when Casino acquired Galeries Lafayette's stake.[2] The Monoprix group had more than 300 stores and employed around 20,000 people in France at the end of 2008.[3] It is considered an up-scale chain and its business model was the inspiration for Waitrose in the early 2000s[citation needed]. Monoprix is present in approximately 85% of all French cities with a population of more than 50,000 residents.[3] In 2005, Monoprix had €3.3 Billion in revenue.[3]

[Flashman]

Some Brits would probably be happy if they accepted/bought/sold BTC in Spar.

Surprises me France hasn't banned bitcoin yet.... the word, and replaced it with "piece de monnai numerique" or something equally ugly and cumbersome in the name of preserving the French language.

[howzar]

Next year seems like it holds a lot for cryptos in general, especially for bitcoin! (this will kick off in 2015)

[H.W.Z]

Great. Next year I go to France for holiday and carry my phone installed bitcoin wallet loading BTC.