Just below last year

In the first nine months of 2009 the French Mr. Bricolage Group achieved gross sales of € 1.428 bn, a result that is 0.5 per cent below the corresponding period last year. In France the Mr. Bricolage stores forfeited 1.4 per cent like-for-like and Catena’s same-store sales went down by 0.9 per cent. A sales increase of 1.9 per cent to € 144.4 mio (-7.5 per cent like-for-like) was reported for the international stores. At the end of the third quarter the group numbered 524 DIY stores in nine countries and a combined retail area of 1.39 mio m².