“Despite the negative impact of the pandemic and the uncertainty surrounding the business we got good results for both Brico Depot and Romania in the first half, as well as for the entire Kingfisher group we are part of. E-commerce rose fast, with online sales of Kingfisher seeing significant growth of more than 160% and accounting for 19% of the total sales of the group. We will continue to step up e-commerce development to meet rising interest from customers in this department,” says Adela Smeu, Brico Depot CEO.
Brico Depot has 35 stores in Romania in addition to a construction supplies outlet it opened in Chiajna by the Bucharest-Pitesti highway this year. The retailer has 2,500 employees.
UK’s Kingfisher posted more than GBP216 milion (EUR234 million) sales in Romania last year, an increase of 2.6% on the previous year, the group website says.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)