Sales losses for Mr Bricolage

The stores belonging to the French DIY group Mr Bricolage report a sales volume of € 485.4 mio in the first quarter, which is 6.9 per cent down on the comparable period last year, and -6.7 per cent like-for-like. The decline was even slightly more in France, where sales of € 442.9 per cent came to -7.6 per cent and -6.9 per cent in like-for-like terms. Taken by itself the Les Briconautes sales channel, which is included in these figures, reported sales down by as much as 10.5 per cent. Outside the home country, though, Mr Bricolage increased sales by 1.4 per cent to € 42.5 mio. However, here again there was a minus of 5.0 per cent like-for-like. When online sales to the tune of € 3.2 mio are included in the calculation, the bottom line comes to total quarterly sales of € 488.6 mio.