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Alain Afflelou

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Alain Afflelou · Economics & Business

What

French entrepreneur, founder of the Alain Afflelou international optical retail franchise.

When

1948, Mascara, French Algeria

Where

France

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Biography

Alain Afflelou is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — French entrepreneur, founder of the Alain Afflelou international optical retail franchise.

How & why

Alain Afflelou is a French entrepreneur who built one of Europe's largest optical retail chains. Qualifying as an optician in 1972, he pioneered aggressive advertising and half-price offers, then in 1979 launched a franchise model that grew into the international Alain Afflelou network of eyewear stores. He is Jewish, from a pied-noir Jewish family that left Algeria for Bordeaux.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Afflelou

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French entrepreneur, founder of the Alain Afflelou international optical retail franchise.

1972

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Afflelou