Positive at year’s end

The DIY retail sector in France ended the year 2003 with a 1.9 per cent sales increase in December over the same month in the previous year. It must be said that the figures did not look so good in November: according to information from the FMB (Fédération des Magasins de Bricolage), the sector recorded sales 3.4 per cent lower than in November 2002.
You can find the monthly rates of change for the last two years in DIYglobal plus under the Countries + markets heading (v. also Other articles on this topic).