The first Auchan Dubai hypermarket was officially opened (again) on 29 October 2009 in the Dragon Mart center, according to a press release from Nakheel / Dubai World / Hypercorp / Retailcorp World (they’re all connected). A follow up report in Maktoob Business said expansion plans for more new stores included
- Palm Mall Auchan on the Jumeirah Palm Island, area 100,000 sq meters. Not clear if they meant the supermarket or the shopping mall - that’s a massive hypermarket if that’s what they were referring to.
- Discovery Garden, International City, Jumeirah Village in Dubai
- Abu Dhabi, Fujairah, Sharjah in the UAE
- Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar in the GCC region
- But not Saudi Arabia