Auchan: Successfully Traversing the Russian Retail Landscape?

In 1961, the first Auchan Retail store was started by Gérard Mulliez in northern France. In 1967, Auchan Retail’s first hypermarket was opened in Roncq (northern France). Two years later, the company set up a shopping center featuring 30 stores in Englos (Lille), a first in Europe. In 1976, a real-estate subsidiary called Immochan was created. Over the next few years, the company grew gradually in France, opening several hypermarkets...