Auchan

Also known as Groupe Auchan

Auchan () is a French multinational retail group headquartered in Croix, France. It was founded in 1961 by Gérard Mulliez and is owned by the Mulliez family, who has 95% stake in the company. With 354,851 employees, of which 261,000 have 5% stake in the company, it is the 35th largest employer in the world. thumb|The first Auchan logo used from 1961 to 1983 thumb|Auchan hypermarket in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France

Key facts

Company.name: Auchan Retail International S.A.
Company.logo: Logo Auchan.svg
Company.type: Private company, SA
Company.location_city: Croix, Lille Métropole
Company.location_country: France
Company.founder: Gérard Mulliez
Company.num_locations: 2,896 points of sale
Company.num_locations_year: 2025
Company.area_served: France, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire
Company.key_people: Edgard Bonte (Chairman)
Company.industry: Retail
Company.products: Hypermarket, Supermarket, Convenience store
Company.operating_income: billion (2020)
Company.net_income: million (2020)
Company.assets: billion (2020)
Company.equity: billion (2020)
Company.parent: ELO

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections

Contents

History
Mulliez family
Locations
Europe
Asia
Africa
Russia
Senegal
Portugal
Elo Group
Slogan
Withdrawn ventures
China
United States
Morocco
Criticism
Building collapse at Savar
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
''Auchan dégage'' ("''Leave, Auchan''")
See also
References
External links

The company operates under the name Auchan in France, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Portugal, Senegal, Ivory Coast, as Alcampo in Spain, and as Aшан (Ashan) in Russia, Ukraine and Tajikistan. The company has also set up operations as Auchan in Italy, China and Taiwan.

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