Last week, “Auchan” group announced the purchase of “Real” hypermarkets in Central and Eastern Europe, owned by Metro Group. Thanks to the deal for $ 1.1 billion, the amount of French retailer stores in this region will double. “Auchan” group got 91 “Real” in Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine, as well as 13 shopping malls in Russia and Romania. Now, there are 98 Auchan hypermarkets in this region.
Also, in 2013 Auchan group is planning to invest about 1 billion rubles in the opening of five discounter stores “Nasha Raduga”. The investment for the launch of one store is about 200 million rubles. In the future, the retailer plans to open 5-10 discounters “Nasha Raduga” per year. The company declined to say in which cities stores can be opened.
Source: www.retailer.ru