June 20, 2016, 10:27 / Business / News

Auchan will open Russia's first drogerie store, Lillapois Beauty, in August

Auchan Retail Russia (owned by the French retailer Auchan) intends to open the first drogerie store in Russia, Lillapois Beauty, in August, where care products, decorative cosmetics and perfumes will be sold. The store is planned to open in the Troika shopping center in Moscow, the company said in a statement.

The sales area will be about 200 square meters. m, assortment - 9000 items.

Russia will become the second country where Auchan Retail operates, where a drogerie store will be opened. The first Lillapois opened in Italy in January 2014. Today Lillapois has more than 46 stores.

The French retailer Auchan has been operating on the Russian market since 2002. At the end of 2015, the company’s network in Russia included 92 stores: 58 classic hypermarkets, 27 Auchan City hypermarkets and seven Nasha Raduga hypermarkets. According to the SPARK-Interfax database, the revenue of Auchan LLC in 2014 amounted to 313.6 billion rubles. (an increase of 17%), net profit - 11.9 billion rubles.