Auchan, the French supermarket group, is developing a new hypermarket concept at Bordeaux-Bouliac, a 12,000m2 outlet generating nearly EUR130 million in annual sales. The refurbishment, due for completion in November, introduces distinctive fixtures, quieter tiled flooring and more prominent displays for differentiated products, while abandoning the double central aisle used in earlier concepts. The site is intended to become the retailer’s new hypermarket reference point. (Olivier Dauvers)