The French grocery retailer Auchan has opened its first hypermarket in Moscow in premises previously occupied by a Real store. The Russian Real stores, previously owned by the German Metro Group, were sold along with the Real establishments in Poland, Romania and Ukraine. The Russian transaction was concluded in May this year.
The new Auchan outlet takes up 7,400 m2 in Signalny Lane and offers 25,000 SKUs. This is the 60th of the chain’s hypermarkets in Russia. The remainder of the 16 Real hypermarkets in Russia, bought by Auchan, are to be rebranded by the end of this year.
Source: www.russiaretail.com