French Auchan Opened New Store in Russia

French retailer Auchan has invested 600 million rubles to launch a hypermarket in the suburban shopping center "Vegas" near Moscow the company said.

New shop "Auchan Vegas", which opened on Friday, became the 40th hypermarket of the retailer in Russia. Shopping space is 13,7 thousand square meters and its hall is equipped with 72 funds. The range of "Auchan Vegas" includes more than 42 thousand kinds of goods, both food and nonfood (50 to 50). The staff includes 500 people.

Auchan operates in the Russian market since 2002, there are 25 hypermarkets of Auchan, 13 hypermarkets of format "Auchan City", two stores "Auchan Garden" and two hypermarkets "Rainbow ". Shops are located in St. Petersburg, Rostov-na-Dony, Adygea, Ekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, as well as in the cities of Moscow region Podolsk and Orekhovo-Zuyevo.
 

Trade group Auchan was established in 1961 by Gerard Myule. It consists of more than 1,2 thousand stores in 13 countries. The company's turnover in 2008 amounted to 39,5 billion Euro. 

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