Positive second quarter

Rona, the Canadian home improvement group, achieved retail sales of Can $ 1.013 bn (€ 704 mio) in the second quarter. This amounts to an increase of 18.2 per cent on the same period last year. A figure of 1.1 per cent was achieved in same-store sales, and EBITDA increased by 18.0 per cent to Can $ 123.44 mio (€ 85.78 mio).
For the first six months Rona reports retail sales of Can $ 1.586 bn (€ 1.102 bn), which amounts to an increase of 19 per cent on the same period last year. The sales increase comes to 1.6 per cent in like-for-like terms. EBITDA was 19.4 per cent up to Can $ 151.1 mio (€ 105 mio).