Censosud growth in second quarter

In the home improvement division of Cencosud, a Chilean retail group, sales were up by 28.8 per cent in the second quarter and by 19.2 per cent in the first six months, both by comparison with the respective period one year previously. The sales volume in the first six months amounted to CLP 392 mio. Sales of the 27 Chilean stores under the Easy banner experienced growth of 33.7 per cent to CLP 84.513 mio in the second quarter. In Argentina the 39 Easy stores and 9 outlets under the name of Blaisten recorded a figure of CLP 107.596 mio, amounting to an increase of 18.1 per cent. The sales volume of CLP $ 8.720 mio recorded by the four stores in Columbia revealed a downward trend in that country.