Double digits throughout

The DIY retail division of the Chilean Falalbella Group recorded sales equivalent to US $ 1.129 bn in the first quarter of this year. The company achieved double-digit rates of growth year-on-year in all the countries where it is actively involved. That is also true of the like-for-like results: 17.3 per cent in Chile (sales of US $ 749 mio, 67 stores), 19.5 per cent in Peru (US $ 92 mio, 16 stores), 25.6 per cent in Argentina (US $ 42 mio, six stores) and 18.1 per cent in Columbia (US $ 246 mio, 20 stores).