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Castorama
Coverage of Castorama in the Nexus archive.
- Is air conditioning essential for coping with heatwaves? France might be changing its mind on the issue
France may be reconsidering whether air conditioning is essential for heatwaves. A salesperson demonstrated home air conditioning systems at a Castorama store in Bondues, France.
- B&Q sales hit by wet Easter but it hopes to gain in heatwave
B&Q sales declined 4.1% in Q1 due to a wet Easter, while Screwfix revenue rose 4.1%. Kingfisher, the parent company, maintains its full-year profit outlook and is the top FTSE 100 riser despite the dip in UK and Ireland like-for-like sales.