Sales down at Mr. Bricolage

The French franchise group Mr. Bricolage experienced a decline in first-half sales of 2.4 per cent to € 1.0706 bn compared with the first six months of 2014. In France, sales revenues of the 791 stores fell by 3.3 per cent to € 946.7 mio. By contrast, the 72 stores abroad increased their sales by 8.5 per cent. Like-for-like sales increased for both groups of stores, growing by 0.8 per cent in France and by 6.5 per cent abroad.