Sales loss for Rona

Sales of Rona, a Canadian home improvement group, went down by 0.5 per cent to C $ 1.3137 bn in the third quarter. The minus came to 2.25 per cent like-for-like. The centrally managed and franchised stores recorded sales 0.2 per cent down, while the decline amounted to 1.7 per cent in the wholesale business. The company’s overall tendency remained positive in the period from January to September, with sales rising 3.6 per cent to C $ 3.6633 bn.