Stable growth for Mr. Bricolage

The French franchise group Mr. Bricolage has increased its sales in the first quarter compared to the same period last year by 2.2 per cent to € 498.3 mio. On a like-for-like sales basis it was a four per cent increase. However 0.1 percentage points of growth can be accredited to online sales, which rose by 17.4 per cent to € 3.7 mio. The five stores under the L’entrepôt du bricolage brand are no longer taken into account; Mr. Bricolage gave them up in March 2014 backdated to January 2014. Domestic sales have seen an increase of 1.2 per cent to € 447.7 mio whereas international sales were considerably higher. Here the group reached a plus of 10.5 per cent to € 46.9 mio. Sales have picked up especially in Belgium (plus 21.5 per cent, like-for-like plus 8.9 per cent) and the Netherlands (like-for-like plus 2.1 per cent).