date:Oct 21, 2013
French retail giant Auchan is understood to be anticipating a doubling of sales in Romania between 2012 and 2015 following the opening of its first rebranded Real store.
Auchan struck a deal to buy the eastern European Real chain from German retail giant Metro Group in November last year for EUR1.1bn (US$1.4bn). The sale included 91 Real hypermarkets in Poland, Russia, Romania and Ukraine.
Auchan opened its first rebranded store in Romania, on the 16th of October, one of the 20 it bought from