Auchan Retail Italia

Auchan Retail Italia (now Margherita Distribuzione) was a major Italian retailer with circa 4 billion euro turnover, 16,200 employees, 1,700 shops across the Italian territory which operated under the brand names ‘Auchan’ and ‘Simply’ (of which 318 directly managed shops divided amongst 78 hypermarkets, 176 supermarkets and 64 mini markets).

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