In Brief: Interia.pl board changes; Castorama resizes; Grupa Muszkieterów

According to Parkiet, the new president of the venture will be Jacek Pasławski, a current member of the supervisory board. (Parkiet, p. 5) ... Until now Kingfisher, owner of the Castorama DIY network, planned to open 60 construction related outlets across the country during the next five years with a total area of 8-12,000 square meters. The new plan envisage opening 100 new stores, but of a smaller area. In the first half of this year Castorama Polska recorded a yoy increase in revenues of 21% and profits of 66% to reach GBP 25.6 million. (Parkiet, p. 4) ... In October Grupa Muszkieterów is to open three new outlets, which will be Intermarche stores in Żywiec and Świdwin and Bricomarche in Gryfice. This will mean that the group in Poland will have 105 entrepreneurs operating 121 shops. (Puls Biznesu, lokale i grunty supplement, p. III) A.K.