Action continues to conquer Europe

The action results are brought by the opening of 125 new stores.Keystone

The discounter continues its frantic growth. Furthermore, Present in 13 countries, including Switzerland, its sales increased by 17.9% in the first half of 2025.

Sales of the non -food discounter Action increased by 17.9% in the first half of 2025, reaching 7.3 billion euros (6.8 billion francs), announced the Dutch company action continues conquer europe Thursday, a sharp increase by the opening of 125 new stores.

Action now holds 3043 stores in Europe. Moreover, against 2918 at the end of 2024, and has been present in 13 countries since the opening of a first store in Switzerland in April. The group is also preparing to open stores in Romania from September.

“Sales on a constant scope”, that is to say in the same stores as a year earlier, increased by 6.8%, said the group’s press release.

A profitability clearly above the average – Action continues conquer europe

The Director General of Action Hajir Hajji was delighted to continue “to attract more customers in () existing stores”. but also in new shops, as in Switzerland where “expectations have been exceeded”.

Sales are brought by the 20.2 million customers who visit a distributor store each week, according to the press release, against 18.7 million six months ago. In 2024, the group had seen its sales leaping by almost 22% and observed profitability clearly above the sector average.

Action. which claims to use “79,681 colleagues of 151 nationalities”, was pointed out in 2024 by France 2 for the trying working conditions which reign there, in particular timed tasks and an important “turnover” of the teams.

The company. which has already been in the past the subject of union criticisms on the treatment of its employees, had then explained via a spokesperson in France to provide “an indication of time for deliveries in store”, used “only for planning purposes, in order to ensure that we have enough personnel available to do the work”. action continues conquer europe (JZS/ATS)

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