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Auchan

Egalitarian Entrepreneur

August 8, 2013

Hugo Mulliez is the third-gen of one of France’s most successful family businesses, Auchan. He is now on a mission to democratise the elitist world of contemporary art with Artsper, a new online marketplace.

With Artsper we form partnerships with galleries across France and we are starting to develop into Europe. We ask them to get involved in Artsper [an online marketplace where galleries can display artworks for sale from their exhibitions], and after creating their account they can manage it by themselves. We do not have our own artists or artworks, so we don’t have any stock or delivery issues, we are just an intermediary between galleries, buyers and art amateurs.

Family business roundup: Profits squeezed at Wates, H&M and Auchan, Ferragamo and Hermes notch up strong results

March 25, 2013

Some of Europe’s best-known family businesses reported a mixed bag of results recently, with the luxury groups unsurprisingly notching up the highest growth.

Wates

Family business roundup: Auchan and Lactalis splash out, Fiat plans merger

December 4, 2012

Family businesses continue to look to divestments, mergers or acquisitions in a bid to maximise opportunities, with French firms Auchan and Lactalis buying new assets while Italy's Agnelli family is merging two if its companies.

Auchan interested in Esselunga

December 5, 2011

Family-controlled Auchan would consider buying fellow retail chain Esselunga, should the Italian family business came up for sale, according to media reports.

Vianney Mulliez, chairman of the French group, told Milan-based newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore that Auchan’s priority is to grow organically, but added that the group does not exclude external growth.

All for one: the Mulliez dynasty's secret pact

September 1, 2007

The Mulliez family, which controls a distribution network empire throughout Europe, is one of the wealthiest families in France. And, as Bertrand Gobin reports, this wealth is mainly thanks to a special family pact…

Bertrand Gobin is the author of Le Secret des Mulliez.