November 16th, 2017

Hundreds of new shops for China’s Auchan Minute

“Several hundred” Auchan Minute shops without checkout counters are planned for China by year’s end.

Customers enter by scanning a code via the WeChat app. After products are scanned, they are added to a virtual cart. The customer then pays via AliPay or WeChat Pay.

Every Auchan Minute will offer 500 products 24 hours a day.

Founded in 1961, Auchan is France’s second-largest retail group after Carrefour.

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