Positive sales trend

The French DIY retailer Bricorama completed the 2008 financial year with sales up 1.3 per cent to € 658 mio. Despite having four more stores than the previous year, sales in France remained constant at € 432.8 mio. Sales growth of 4.2 per cent to € 213.1 mio is reported for Belgium and the Netherlands, where Bricorama opened three stores in 2008 as an Intergamma franchisee. The group’s network in Spain was extended by two more stores in the course of the year for a total of five, though sales went down by 0.6 per cent to € 12.1 mio.