No growth for Mr. Bricolage

Last year the 905 DIY stores belonging to the French group Mr. Bricolage recorded sales of € 2.315 bn. This figure is 0.3 per cent down on the previous year, and 0.6 per cent down like-for-like. Sales proceeds of € 5.2 mio from online trading were added for the first time in 2012, so that total sales came to € 2.3204 bn (-0.1 per cent, -0.6 per cent like-for-like). Sales of the 839 stores in France amounting to € 2.1062 bn revealed a fall of 0.9 per cent (-0.1 per cent like-for-like). The 66 stores abroad increased their sales total by 5.3 per cent to € 209.0 mio. In like-for-like terms, however, there was a minus of 4.3 per cent outside France. To report here, on the one hand, was the opening of eight new stores, while on the other were like-for-like shortfalls of 8.7 per cent in eastern Europe. Developments were especially poor in Serbia, where the group closed down one store and handed the second entirely over to a franchisee; during the course of this year the third outlet is scheduled to reduce its retail area.