The essence of Action: small prices, big smiles.

Action is the fastest growing non-food discounter in Europe, offering an ever changing variety of approx. 6,000 products in more than 2,000 stores to more than 12 million customers every week. In addition, each week another 8 million consumers visit the Action.com website. Action employs over 65,000 people in 10 countries with over 124 different nationalities. While offering our constantly surprising assortment at the lowest prices, we continue to improve our products in terms of quality and sustainability. The promise of Action: Small prices. Big Smiles. Feeling good.

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Stores in 11 different countries2500

Stores in 11 different countries

Million customers visit our stores every week15.3

Million customers visit our stores every week

Different products6000

Different products

Million consumers visit Action.com weekly6.5

Million consumers visit Action.com weekly

Action News

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Action makes its debut in Spain

18 March 2024

Europe’s fastest-growing non-food discounter opens its first Spain store in Girona today. Action successfully surprises customers with a broad, ever-changing assortment and the lowest prices in over 2,000 stores across Europe.

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Action makes its debut in Spain

08 February 2022

Europe’s fastest-growing non-food discounter opened its first Spain store in Girona on the February 8, 2022. Action successfully surprises customers with a broad, ever-changing assortment and the lowest prices in over 2,000 stores across Europe.

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Action breaks through the milestone of 2000 stores!

20 January 2022

It has been almost 30 years ago since Action started with just one small discount store in Enkhuizen, the Netherlands. And we are very proud to say that on the 17th of January 2022 we opened our 2000th store in Prague!

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Hajir Hajji to succeed Sander van der Laan as CEO of Action

02 November 2021

The Board of Directors of Action announced on November 2, that Sander van der Laan will be stepping down as CEO of Action to be succeeded by Hajir Hajji, currently Commercial Director and member of the executive management team. The handover marks the next phase of development for Action, in which continued commitment to its customers and significant growth will be coupled with the further implementation of Action’s digital and sustainability strategy.

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Our company values

The Action formula is powerful, but our success as a business depends entirely on the enthusiasm and commitment of our people. They are in charge of our stores and help our customers navigate them every single day through our values.

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