FRANCE: New buying alliance for Auchan | Progresiv

Hot on the heels of Cdiscount's new alliance with Groupe Conforama, Auchan Retail has announced a buying agreement with Boulanger. Despite the name, which means baker, Boulanger is a multimedia and home appliances retailer with 130 stores in France. The partnership will cover negotiations for the purchase of national and international brands for household white, brown and grey goods (large electricals, televisions, computers) for the French market. It will apply to negotiations for 2017, which begin in October 2016.

In a very different format development, Auchan Retail France has opened its second Coeur de Nature store in Paris. Specialising in 100% organic products, it stocks food, non-food and health & beauty products. (www.igd.com)