Growth for Mr. Bricolage

The distribution channels in the Mr. Bricolage Group increased their gross sales in the first nine months of 2006 by 2.3 per cent to € 1.338 bn. While Mr. Bricolage stores succeeded in increasing their sales by 2.7 per cent to € 1.237 bn, the Catena line suffered a decline of 2.6 per cent to € 101.3 mio. At the end of September the group had 423 Mr. Bricolage stores with a total retail area of approx. 1 147 000 m2 following 15 new openings (+33 313 m2) and 13 expansions (+20 170 m2).