Profit for Cencosud

In the first quarter Cencosud, a Chilean retail group, recorded sales of CL $ 191.1 mio with its DIY division. That is an increase of 10.5 per cent on the same month last year, or 28.0 per cent when calculated in US $. The sales of the 26 Easy stores in Chile rose by 26.7 per cent to CL $ 81.5 mio. Sales of the 38 Easy stores and nine Blaisten outlets in Argentina came to CL $ 104.1 mio, or 2.3 per cent down. However, conversion into AR $ results in growth of 22.7 per cent. The sales of the four stores in Columbia (two Easy outlets, one Norte and one Occidente store) amounted to CL $ 5.5 mio (-0.1 per cent).