Auchan is a French multinational retail group headquartered in Croix, France. It was founded in 1961 by Gérard Mulliez and is owned by the Mulliez family, who has 95% stake in the company. With 354,851 employees, of which 261,000 have 5% stake in the company, it is the 35th largest employer in the world.
Decathlon S.A. is a French sporting goods retailer. With over 1,697 stores in 60 countries and regions (2020), it is the largest sporting goods retailer in the world.
Marc Dupré is a Canadian singer, songwriter and musician from Quebec.
La Voix du Nord is a regional daily newspaper from the north of France. Its headquarters are in Lille.
Arc Holdings is the holding company of the Arc Group, specializing in the design and manufacturing of glass tableware. The Arc Group markets its collections in France and exports them abroad under the registered trademarks Luminarc, Arcopal, Cristal d’Arques Paris, Arcoroc and Chef&Sommelier. It also designs products for the private label and B2B markets.
Daniel Leclercq was a French football defender and manager. He played 440 matches from 1967 to 1984 for US Valenciennes, Olympique de Marseille and RC Lens. He later managed clubs from 1986 to 2017. He remains the only manager to have led RC Lens to the Ligue 1 championship.
Gérard Paul Louis Marie-Joseph Mulliez is a French entrepreneur. He is the founder of the Auchan chain of department stores.
François-Marie Banier is a French novelist, playwright, artist, actor and photographer. He is particularly known for his photographs of celebrities and other public figures and for his friendships with members of high society. In a prominent legal case, in 2016 he was convicted of 'abuse of weakness' of the elderly billionaire Liliane Bettencourt.
Transphotographiques is a photography festival based in Lille, France. It was created in 2001 by Olivier Spillebout, and organized since 2003 by the House of Photography.
Michel Leclercq is a French billionaire businessman. He is the founder and 40% owner of Decathlon. With over 1647 stores in 57 countries and regions, it is the largest sporting goods retailer in the world.
Que la famille is the debut mixtape by French cloud rap duo PNL. It was released on 2 March 2015 through the duo's own QLF Records. The album was preceded by the singles "Différents", "Je vis, je visser", "Gala gala", "La petite voix", "J'comprends pas" and "Simba".
Ouleymata Sarr is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Division 1 Féminine club Paris FC and the France national team.
Axel Dumas is a French billionaire heir and business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Hermès, and a sixth-generation member of the Hermès-Dumas family.
The Association Familiale Mulliez (AFM) is the holding company of the Mulliez family. The entrepreneur family originates from around the Lille area of France, and is one of the wealthiest families in all of the country. AFM was founded in 1955 by Gérard Mulliez and is led by Barthélemy Guislain since 2014.
Andros, SNC is a privately held family-owned food manufacturing company based in Biars-sur-Cère, southwest France that specializes in the processing of fruits and dairy products. The company notably owns the Andros, Bonne Maman and Mamie Nova brands, major brand names thanks to which the company represented 19.5% of fruit juices in the fresh section, 47% of jams and even 62.4% of refrigerated compotes in 2017.
Fabien Roussel is a French left-wing politician who has served as National Secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF) since 2018. He was elected to represent the 20th constituency of Nord in the National Assembly in 2017. Roussel was a candidate in the 2022 presidential election.
Hugues Stephane Bernard Mulliez is a French business entrepreneur. He is presently Group Chairman at Telecel Group and the person in charge of its M-commerce service. He is former founder of Net Player Games, founder and Chairman of Youg's, President and CEO of Surcouf and founder of Progressy société.
Mariam Abou Zahab was a French political scientist, sociologist, and scholar of Islamic studies. She was an expert in the Politics of the Middle East, particularly Afghanistan and Pakistan. She was also a humanitarian aid worker in Afghanistan.
Michel Degand was a French painter, sculptor, cartoonist, and graphic artist.
The New Ecological and Social People's Union is a left-wing alliance of political parties in France led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Formed on May Day 2022, the alliance includes La France Insoumise (LFI), the Socialist Party (PS), the French Communist Party (PCF), Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), Ensemble! (E!), and Génération.s (G.s), and their respective smaller partners. It was the first wide left-wing political alliance since the Plural Left in the 1997 French legislative election. Over 70 dissident candidates who refused the accord still ran.
