Wilcon recovers, AllHome continues fall

Top Philippine home improvement retailing chain Wilcon Depot posted a sales recovery in the third quarter of the year, buoyed by better overall sales, while beleaguered competitor AllHome Corp. continued battling soft demand.  

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Wilcon reported an 8.6 per cent increase in net sales to 9.228 bn Philippine pesos (PHP; EUR 134.413 mio), on the back of a 4.8 per cent expansion of its same store sales as well as the contribution of new outlets. "Increased footfall in comparable stores, which resulted in improved comparable transaction count by 5.0 [per cent] drove the growth while the decline in comparable ticket size eased to a flattish 0.1 [per cent]," it said.  

The reversal was strong enough to lift the nine-month results of the company by 2.6 per cent. For January to September 2025, the company’s combined turnover was at PHP 26.337 bn (EUR…