Sales down at Mr. Bricolage

In the first nine months of the current year the DIY stores of the French Mr. Bricolage Group recorded sales of € 1.3526 bn, which is 5.3 per cent down on the comparable period last year. The 435 stores belonging to the main sales format, Mr. Bricolage, accounted for sales of € 1.2961 bn and a decline of 3.2 per cent. The 61 Catena stores, whose total sales came to just € 56.5 mio, experienced a decline of 36.1 per cent. This format is currently being converted to the Mr. Bricolage banner. The Les Briconautes and Les Jardinautes stores are not included in the figures, though they also belong to the same group. The network of outlets also covers 51 international Mr. Bricolage stores in ten countries. They achieved sales of € 145.5 mio for an increase of 0.8 per cent (down 3.0 per cent like-for-like). While there was a sales decline of 14.6 per cent in the countries of eastern Europe, information from the company reveals a positive trend for the stores in other countries, especially Belgium and Morocco.