Leroy Merlin grows in Spain by nearly eleven per cent

The DIY chain Leroy Merlin recorded sales totalling € 1.778 mio in Spain last year, an increase of 10.7 per cent over the previous year. The chain, which is part of the French Groupe Adeo organisation, had 63 stores in Spain at the end of the year. It also operates an online shop selling 67 000 products, and sales over the Internet rose by 54 per cent in 2015.
This year the company intends to open four new stores in Spain. A further eight stores will be enlarged and 31 are to be modernised. Leroy Merlin aims to invest € 172 mio in all in its network of stores this year. By 2020 it expects to spend € 700 mio altogether and open 25 new stores.