The stock of Maisons du Monde saw a collapse on the Paris Stock Exchange after the failure of negotiations with financial partners.
A heavy week, closed with a drop of 28.64%, which worsens an already negative balance: since the beginning of the year the decline exceeds 50%.
Maisons du Monde, what’s happening
The French furniture group is now in a delicate phase, with the need to find new liquidity and review existing debt in an increasingly complicated economic context.
The negotiations with the banks had a specific objective: to obtain new financial resources and reorganize the debt exposure. However, after weeks of discussions, no agreement was reached.
The most urgent issue concerns an imminent deadline: a 25 million euro installment linked to a syndicated loan, arriving on 22 April 2026. Without an agreement, the room for maneuver quickly narrows.
Maisons du Monde announced that the negotiations took place in an extremely difficult context, marked by geopolitical tensions and declining demand in the consumer sector.
Accounts in trouble and sales down
The numbers confirm a slowdown phase that has lasted for years for Maisons du Monde. In 2025, turnover fell to 947.3 million euros, with a decrease of 5.4%.
A figure that comes after an even heavier 2024, which closed with a decline of 11.2%. The slowdown mainly affected France, the group’s main market, while international activities showed slightly better stability.
What weighs heavily on Maisons du Monde are above all:
- the contraction of consumption;
- the increase in costs;
- an increasingly competitive furniture market.
Shops in decline and savings plan
At the end of 2025, Maisons du Monde had 328 stores, ten fewer than the previous year.
At the same time, the French group has launched a 30 million euro cost reduction plan for 2026, part of a broader program that aims to generate savings of 120 million in the three-year period 2024-2026.
But without new finance to bring some oxygen, even these interventions risk not being resolved.
Hunt for new investors
After the halt in talks with the banks, Maisons du Monde started searching for alternatives: third-party investors and industrial partners.
The goal is to ensure operational continuity and support the business plan. The discussions remain open and are followed by a mediator as part of confidential procedures already started at the beginning of 2026.
An update is expected by April 17, along with the release of annual results.
Signal for all European retail
But the case of Maisons du Monde is not an isolated one: the furniture sector and, more generally, European retail are facing a more complex phase: inflation, changes in consumption habits and competition from online platforms are reshaping the market. Companies most exposed to economic cycles, such as home decor companies, are among the hardest hit. For Maisons du Monde next week, as mentioned, will be decisive.
