In an interview with Ecommercemag.fr, Jean-Denis Deweine, director of Auchan Retail France, discussed COVID-19’s impact on grocery retailing in France and the challenges and opportunities it has presented. Deweine looked particularly at the acceleration of the ecommerce channel’s growth during the lockdown period and as a result of the restrictions placed on shoppers due to COVID-19. Targeting...

As Auchan sets out its plans for 2021 in Russia and embeds its multichannel strategy in Poland and Romania, we round up five developments from the retailer across central and Eastern Europe. Auchan to focus on modernisation in Russia According to reports in Finmarket, Auchan is not planning to open any stores in Russia in 2021. Instead, the retailer will focus on its current projects of mod...

France trade publication LSA has reported that Auchan Group has changed its management team to bring in new governance of the group with the appointment for each country of a president and vice-president. Management changes aimed at accelerating decentralisation process LSA, quoting a document, said the appointments are ‘ …a question of accelerating the move towards decentralisation by allo...