French mass-retail Group Casino reinforces partnership with Amazon

French mass-retail Group Casino announced today the strengthening of its partnership with Amazon following the success of Monoprix commercial partnership with the US e-commerce giant in Paris. The reinforced partnership is aimed at creating more convenience and services for customers in France and includes the following elements:

Amazon Lockers will locate in 1,000 Casino Group stores across France in nine banners, including Monoprix, Monop, Geant, Hyper Casino, Casino Supermarche, Leaderprice, Viva and SparRead by the end of 2019.

Casino branded products will be available on Amazon.

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Amazon and Monoprix will extend their partnership with Prime Now outside Paris in the next 12 months. Prime members will enjoy free delivery of Monoprix selection at the address of their choice within two hours.

"With this new partnership, we will be able to offer the greatest number of customers the best products and services whenever and wherever they wish. This announcement represents a new step in strengthening Casino's omnichannel strategy to always be a little more in the heart of consumers' lives, " said Jean-Charles Naouri, CEO of Group Casino.

(With inputs from Casino Group press release)