Faster growth at centrally-run branches

In the first six months of 2002 the stores belonging to the French cooperative group Mr. Bricolage achieved gross sales of € 584.1 mio. This corresponds to growth of 6.7 per cent across the board and 4.8 per cent like-for-like over the first six months of 2001. Also included in the figures are the 32 centrally managed outlets (after two additions and two departures), which increased their sales by a disproportionate 8.4 per cent to € 51.8 mio. Two more centrally managed outlets have been added since the cut-off date on 30 June. Centralised activities showed growth of 19.8 per cent to € 60.9 mio in sales volume.