Rona presents six-monthly figures

The Canadian home improvement group Rona recorded sales of its own and franchise branches totalling C$ 1.130 bn (€ 711 mio) in Q2 2008. This amounts to an increase of 0.3 per cent compared with last year (-4.4 per cent like-for-like). The stores’ retail profit fell 3.4 per cent to C$ 130.5 mio (€ 82.1 mio). For the first six months Rona reveals a sales increase of 2.5 per cent to C$ 1.813 bn (€ 1.14 bn) for the retail segment, though same-store sales were 5.8 per cent down compared with last year and retail profit fell 6.3 per cent to C$ 149.8 mio (€ 94.2 mio).