FRANCE: Galeries Lafayette Q2 Sales Slip 1.5%
Department store chain Galeries Lafayette SA on Wednesday posted a 1.5 per cent slip in second quarter revenue to 1.29 billon euros from 1.31 billion euros in the same period of last year. The company blamed a series of strikes by public sector workers, weak markets and a fall in overseas visitor numbers to its flagship Paris store for the sales slide.