What: The Mexican department store group has ended the first quarter with a sales growth of 18%, doubling its profit and reporting a turnover of 585 million dollars, representing a compound growth of 33% compared to 2022.

Why it is important: The positive first quarter results indicate that EL Palacio de Hierro has overcome the blow of the pandemic as the department store group's net profit jumped 106%, doubling that of the previous year.

Net profit jumped 106% to almost 19 million dollars and operating flow increased 36% to 71 million dollars.

The group's digital sales also reported a growth of 35% compared to the first quarter of 2022.

El Palacio de Hierro increases sales by 18% and doubles its profit in the first quarter