Will Auchan close its stores in Russia? In the end, it would seem not, according to managers of the Russian subsidiary who spoke to the economic daily . However, rumors indicated that the northern group Mulliez was going to follow certain brands which have taken the decision to cease their activities in recent days, like McDonald’s, H&M, Sephora, Ikea, Uniqlo or even Amazon and Netflix. “We are surprised by the appearance of such rumors on the market. There is no reason to trust them: our stores continue to operate as usual,” explains the press service of Auchan in Russia.
This information was confirmed by this Thursday morning, noting that the group operates as much in Ukraine as in Russia. In the latter, there are 235 Auchan stores, a hundred Leroy Merlin stores and sixty Decathlon stores. The northern group believes that Russian employees “have nothing to do with the outbreak of the war” and that they “need their jobs”, even if debates remain intense within the company and in neighboring countries. Polish employees do not understand why stores remain open in Russia, for example.