Mr. Bricolage remains below last year

The domestic and international sales of Mr. Bricolage, a French DIY retail group, rose by 2.5 per cent like-for-like in the third quarter. They fell by 0.7 per cent, however, in the first nine months of the current year and were 1.4 per cent down in like-for-like terms. The 814 stores in France accounted for € 1.5715 bn of the group’s total sales volume of € 1.7500 bn; that, despite the positive third quarter with a like-for-like plus of 3.0 per cent, was 2.2 per cent less than the previous year, and 1.4 per cent down like-for-like. By contrast the group’s international sales increased by 3.5 per cent to € 160.6 mio, though they dropped 2.0 per cent in like-for-like terms. The minus comes from eastern Europe above all, where Mr. Bricolage’s sales were 5.4 per cent down like-for-like. The remaining € 18.0 mio was generated in the e-commerce sphere.