Francois-Melchior De Poulignac
CEO & Director
Thank you. Good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining us today for Maisons du Monde’s third quarter 2025 results. Obviously, this quarter brings us some level of satisfaction as we post positive figures. Yet this comes on a very negative historical basis, of course.
Sales reached EUR 224.7 million, up 4.9% and plus 5.9% on a like-for-like basis. This contrasts with a 9-month sales decline of 5.3%.
If you look at performance by geography, we can see that growth was stronger outside of France, especially in Southern Europe, where we recorded double-digit increases. This partly reflects our choice to strengthen local adaptation with dedicated teams now in Italy and Spain allowing us to adapt faster and serve customers better.
In France, growth was also positive, though more modest. As you know, the macroeconomic environment remains very fragile with political uncertainty still affecting consumer behavior. So while we’re seeing progress, we clearly remain cautious for the coming months.
What really is key to us is that we keep moving forward in our in-depth transformation throughout the company from its basement to its roof. Without covering all our strategic projects today, I would like to highlight a few key points.
The Autumn-Winter 2025 Collection had a very strong start. That tells us two things. First, that our products resonates with customers, confirming that our design and collection choices are right.
And second, that our operational execution is improving. For instance, we are able to launch this new collection earlier right at the beginning of July, leveraging the traditional flow of incoming customers during the
