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Édouard Leclerc

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E.Leclerc

Édouard Leclerc · 1948

E.Leclerc is a French retailers’ cooperative founded in 1948. It pioneered the hypermarket format in 1964, adopted self-service retailing from the Félix Potin model, launched wine fairs in 1973, discontinued disposable plastic bags in 1996, introduced the Repère brand in 1997, and expanded internationally starting with Pamplona in 1992 and most recently into Luxembourg in 2023 via acquisition.