Growth in sales

Bricorama, the French DIY group, increased sales by 2 per cent to € 149.8 mio in the first quarter of 2009. It reports sales growth of 2.7 per cent to € 99.4 mio for the DIY stores in France (-1.9 per cent like-for-like). At € 47.4 mio, the company’s business in Benelux as an Intergamma franchisee remained at nearly the same level as last year (-0.1 per cent). Sales in Spain rose by 20.1 per cent to € 3.0 mio following one new opening in the first quarter.