Slight increase for Mr. Bricolage

The French Mr. Bricolage Group increased gross sales by 1.2 per cent in the first three quarters of 2008 to € 1.342 bn. The 484 Mr. Bricolage stores achieved sales growth of 1.5 per cent to € 1.339 bn. By contrast, the 112 Catena stores recorded sales down by 2.3 per cent to € 96.3 mio. Like-for-like sales of the Mr. Bricolage stores in France recorded a drop of 0.4 per cent, whereas Catena was able to maintain last year’s level. The 46 Mr. Bricolage stores abroad achieved gross sales of € 141.7 mio, which amounts to growth of 15.9 per cent (9.6 per cent like-for-like).