Home improvement retailer Kingfisher has announced that its sales figures for the quarter are down, with continued economic slowdowns in the UK and France being likely key factors in the results. The company saw group like-for-like sales fall by 1.9% in its second quarter to July 31, a further decline on the 0.6% drop in the previous quarter. Sales in the UK and Ireland fell by 1% in this period and down by 3.8% in France.