Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Bricorama, a French retail chain specialising in DIY and home improvement, is cutting 161 employees as part of their change in strategy. This will lead to the closure of 13 stores. One of those closures is taking place in Rochefort, where thirteen positions will be cut. In Roanne, six job cuts will take place. There is the possibility for the stores to be taken over by other companies.
The strategy of the Group Les Mousquetaires is to recentre the Bricorama around the Bricomarché brand. They aim to fully close down their Bricorama brand. Indeed, the market in home improvement is slowing down with the construction sector.
A prior restructuring has been recorded in the ERM database in 2023 Bricorama 2023 - FR.
Eurofound (2026), Bricorama, Closure in France, factsheet number 301256, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/301256.
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