Plus of eight per cent for Cencosud

The DIY retail division of Cencosud, a Chilean trading group, recorded sales of CLP 555 807 mio in the first six months, or 8.2 per cent more than in the first half of 2012. The rate of increase in the second quarter came to 8.7 per cent. The group’s DIY stores in Chile, which mainly appear under the Easy name, achieved a like-for-like plus of 4.1 per cent, while those in Argentina notched up 30.9 per cent.