The French Sport 2000 buying group estimates that its retail members raised their sales by 17 percent to €550 million last year and predicts that they will grow further to €600-630 million in 2007. This doesn’t include its new network of Mondovélo bike stores, which should grow from 7 to 11 units, plus 5 corners. This year’s expansion will be due in part to the planned opening of 38 new stores. Those in the mountain resorts, which generated sales of €80 million in 2006, are set to grow from 187 to 197 units. Elsewhere in the country, an additional 28 stores with a combined surface of 26,412 square meters is expected to join the existing network of 297 stores outside the mountain resorts, which had sales of €470 million in 2006.