Alain Afflelou growth in Spain

During the first six months of 2015, the French chain of franchised Alain Afflelou stores opened 20 new outlets in Spain, where there are now a total of 300 stores. The openings were in the north and south of the country, with 6 outlets in the Basque countries and Catalonia (the most recent in Deusto-Bilbao and Mataro-Barcelona), and the others in Andalusia (Dos Hermanas- Seville, Jaen and Malaga), in the autonomous community of Murcia, in Alicante and Denia, Valladolid and in the capital, Madrid. Apart from Spain, where it aims to have 350 stores in the coming years, Alain Afflelou is also expanding in Portugal after becoming the majority shareholder of Optivisao.