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| Company type | Private company, SA |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 3 January 1997 [1] |
| Founder | Gérard Mulliez |
| Headquarters | , France |
Number of locations | 2,101 points of sale[2] (2022) |
Area served | France, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Tunisia |
Key people | Edgard Bonte (Chairman) |
| Products | Hypermarket, Supermarket, Convenience store |
| Revenue | |
 €1.6 billion (2020)[3] | |
| €708 million (2020)[3] | |
| Total assets |  €1.169 billion (2020)[3] |
| Total equity | €6.704 billion (2020)[3] |
Number of employees | |
| Parent | ELO |
| Website | auchan-retail.com |
Auchan (French pronunciation: [oʃɑ̃]) is a French multinational retail group headquartered in Croix, France.[4] It was founded in 1961 by Gérard Mulliez and is owned by the Mulliez family, who has 95% stake in the company.[5] With 354,851 employees, of which 261,000 have 5% stake in the company, it is the 35th largest employer in the world.
The company operates under the name Auchan in France, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Portugal, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Tunisia, as Alcampo in Spain, as Aшан (Ashan) in Russia, Ukraine and Tajikistan. The company has also set up operations as Auchan in Italy, China and Taiwan.
The name comes from the first Auchan shop in Roubaix in the district of Hauts-Champs, the pronunciation of which is identical to that of "Auchan".[6]
As of 2022, Auchan is one of the world's largest retailers with a direct presence in France, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Russia, Taiwan and Senegal. In 2022, the company's revenue in Russia amounted to 237 billion rubles.[7]
Auchan is a rare example of a Western company continuing to operate in Russia after the country's invasion of Ukraine in 2022,[8] as well as actively funding and supporting Russian military effort.[9][10] Because of that Ukrainian National Agency on Corruption Prevention listed the company among International Sponsors of War.[11]
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- ^ "National Institute of Industrial Property (France)". 17 May 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "ELO 2022 Annual Financial Report" (PDF). groupe-elo.com. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2020 Auchan Holding" (PDF). auchan-retail.com. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Contact Archived 30 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine." Auchan. Retrieved on 24 October 2012. "Groupe Auchan 40, avenue de Flandre – BP 139 59964 Croix Cedex – France"
- ^ "Auchan Holding Shareholding" (PDF). Auchan Holding. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ Cédric Citrain, "A Cap occitan, on fête les 50 ans d'Auchan", Midi Libre" (Bézier edition),19 January 2011, p3.
- ^ "ООО "Ашан"". www.rusprofile.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "French retailer Auchan does not plan to change its Russia strategy". Reuters. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Auchan supplied Russian military under guise of "humanitarian aid"". news.yahoo.com. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "French company Auchan supporting Russia's war effort in Ukraine, report says". POLITICO. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "Auchan". NACP. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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