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These are just a selection of a wide range of stores you can find in France. Most sites in French.

“Big-Box Retailers”, Stores
Carrefour (like Wal-Mart)
Géant Casino
Monoprix
Auchan (home appliances, food, electronics…everything, and low-cost)

Discount groceries
LIDL (German chain)
Simply Market (formerly “Attac”, part of Auchan Group), my personal favorite
Leader Price
Intermarché

Home, electronics
IKEA France
Boulanger
Darty
Alinéa (home furniture, decoration)
But (pronounced “bew” with a “u” sound)

FNAC (very popular electronics, music, book store)

Bricolage (Home improvement, Do-it-yourself)
Bricoman
L’Entrepôt du Bricolage
Bricomarché

Car maintenance vocabulary
Part I: “A simple oil change”
Part II: “A trip to the mechanic”
Car parts