“During the election period, there is always a small drop in trade,” explains David De Sousa, director of Brico Dépôt in Montluçon, who notes a 15% drop in checkout at the start of the year. This trend has been observed since January, as in Würth, which works directly with professionals. According to Cyril Chaudet, manager of the Montluçon store, the explanation also comes from the constant rise in prices for many months: “Construction companies are strongly impacted so they do fewer sites. »
A murderous outbreak
This vertiginous inflation has another consequence. For Sylvain Monneyron, manager of Gedimat in Cosne-d’Allier, the accumulation of orders contributes to the breathlessness of suppliers: “People are afraid that prices will rise further, so they all order at the same time, before it’s really too expensive. Faced with this influx, suppliers sometimes find it difficult to keep up. »Despite a drop in attendance, orders remain dense. © SALESSE Florian
A final explanation for these stock issues comes with Covid19. If sales remained good at the heart of the crisis, today many factories are closing, unable to restart the machine after these difficult times. “For the past year, the production chain has continued to shrink. This forces suppliers to make choices and in Montluçon, we are not necessarily given priority for deliveries, ”slips the director of Brico Dépôt.
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premium A Brico Cash store could set up in Domérat (Allier)
Despite a somewhat seized up mechanics, professionals in the sale of materials remain confident about the ability of their field to reorganize.
Delphine Simoneau
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