New number one in Europe

According to information coming from the French Groupe Adeo, it has now supplanted Kingfisher at the top of the European DIY retail rankings. Its net sales in 2012 recorded an increase of some eight per cent to € 13.008 bn. A press dossier reveals that this is € three mio higher than the net sales of its British competitor. Growth rates are also far higher. This means that Groupe Adeo is positioned third after Home Depot and Lowe’s on a global scale. Gross sales of the group’s 27 companies are put at € 14.9 bn in the dossier; a figure of € 15.2 bn appears on the group’s website. It operates a total of 538 DIY stores in 13 countries. The most important of the 13 different marketing brands is Leroy Merlin. Some of the others are Bricoman, Aki, Weldom and Bricocenter.