Nature & Découvertes to close five stores in Île-de-France and Marseille by year-end

The Nature & Découvertes chain, owned by Fnac Darty, plans to close five stores in the Île-de-France region and Marseille by the end of the year. The closures are part of a plan to manage the store network, affecting 22 employees who will be relocated. The parent company, Fnac Darty, reported a net loss in 2025, partly due to Nature & Découvertes' difficulties. The group Fnac Darty announced in late January that it would "launch an active search for a partner who would be better able to support the future development of Nature & Découvertes," a chain specializing in well-being and nature products. "The management of Nature & Découvertes has presented a targeted plan to close four stores, which is part of a rigorous management of the network," Fnac Darty's communications department told AFP. This concerns the stores in "Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines), Rosny-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), and Claye-Souilly (Seine-et-Marne)," where "22 people" work and who will be "relocated," according to Le Monde, which specifies that the Marseille store, located in the Bourse shopping center, is set to close by the end of the year. The Nature & Découvertes chain had 1,042 employees and 87 stores in 2025, according to its website. "The project is under consultation and will be subject to an opinion from the CSE (Social and Economic Committee) by the summer. The closures would occur progressively," Fnac Darty indicates. The Nature et Découvertes chain, bought in 2019 by Fnac Darty, had already implemented "a redundancy plan (PSE) for 72 people which concerned the headquarters, stores, and warehouse between October 2024 and January 2025," Le Monde recalled. The specialist in household appliances, electronics, and cultural products, whose majority control Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky wants to take over through a public tender offer (OPA), suffered a net loss of 146 million euros in 2025, weighed down in particular by Nature & Découvertes' difficulties, compared to a net profit of 26 million euros in 2024. Turnover increased by 25% in 2025, to 10.3 billion euros, due to the integration of Italian company Unieuro, acquired at the end of 2024.

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The management of Nature & Découvertes has presented a targeted plan to close four stores, which is part of a rigorous management of the network.