BELGIUM: Brantano Records 30 Per Cent Growth
Footwear company Brantano SA has announced that the acquisition of stores in the Netherlands and the startup of stores in Denmark have helped the company record a 30 per cent growth in sales from 182m euros ($170.9m) in 1999 to 237m euros ($222.6m) in 2000. The company has also announced that it will continue to open new stores throughout 2001. During 2000 it opened a further 76 new stores and will add a further 50 by the end of the current year.