PARIS (Reuters) - Darty Plc (L:DRTY), Europe's No.3 electrical goods retailer, on Thursday posted a 36 percent rise in first-half operating profit and said sales held up well in the past few weeks despite the Paris militant attacks.
Darty, the target of a takeover bid by French books and music retailer Fnac (PA:FNAC), also said in a statement it was well prepared for the peak Christmas trading season.
Darty, which competes with Metro's (DE:MEOG) Media-Saturn and Dixons Carphone (L:DC), reported a group retail profit for the six months ended Oct. 31 of 36.1 million euros (26 million pounds)against 26.4 million in the same period a year ago.