French furniture business Roche Bobois SA has reported a decline in half year sales.
According to its latest trading update for the half year 2026 period, total sales fell 8.9% to €187.9m year-on-year, with native France sales down 6.7% to €54m.
Europe (excluding France) revenue totalled €43.4m, down 15.4%, with the decline remaining particularly pronounced in the UK, Germany and Spain.
USA and Canada revenue amounted to €56.8m, down 11.1%, with performance significantly impacted by currency effects. Other overseas sales delivered a stronger Q2 compared to Q1, posting €8.4m in revenue in the half year period, down compared to €9.3m.
“As expected, revenue in Q2 followed a similar trend to Q1, against the backdrop of an uncertain global economic environment weighing on consumer spending,” the group said. “Roche Bobois SA closed the first half of 2026 with revenue of €187.9 million, down 8.9% at current exchange rates versus H1 2025 (-7.2% at constant exchange rates). The decline was seen across all geographic regions, except for Cuir Center, which delivered growth over the period (+6.5% compared with H1 2025).
“In terms of retail sales, order intake from directly operated stores improved sequentially in Q2 compared with the beginning of the year, notably with a return to growth in the U.S./Canada region in U.S. dollars currency. As of the end of June 2026, retail sales from directly operated stores totalled €167.1 million (-8.8% at current exchange rates and -6.6% at constant exchange rates).
“Total business volume (all brands, including franchises) followed a similar trend, reaching €266.4 million at the end of June 2026 (-9.2% at current exchange rates and -7.4% at constant exchange rates). At last, the order backlog stood at €122.7 million as of June 30, 2026, unchanged from its level at year-end 2025 (compared with €133.1 million as of June 30, 2025).”
With respect to its network expansion, the Roche Bobois brand confirms the opening of a company-owned store in Luxembourg as well as a new location in Porto, Portugal. Meanwhile, Cuir Center completed the acquisition of its franchisee in Nantes, France.
In parallel, during 2026 the Group has already relocated two directly operated Roche Bobois stores, in Reims, France and Atlanta, United States. Lastly, the Group continues to pursue its pace of opening five to 10 franchise stores per year. During the first half, two Roche Bobois franchise stores were opened in Antalya, Turkey and Kunming, China.
