Action

Action is an, originally Dutch, international discount store-chain, owned by the British private-equity fund 3i. It sells low budget, non-food and some food products with long shelf lives. Action operates stores in nine countries — Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, Luxembourg, Poland, Czech Republic and Italy. As of 2012, Action is operating more than 1,000 stores and employing more than 38,000 employees. In 2013, Action had a revenue of just over a billion euros, which was a 14% rise compared to 2012 when they had a revenue of 873 million euro.