Mais non: traders react with anger over court ban on Sunday
opening for DIY stores near Paris  A court order shutting home-
improvement shops near Paris on Sundays has angered traders -
sparking a row over business regulation in a country barely out
of recession where consumers are not spending.  The Castorama
and Leroy Merlin chains were told to close 15 shops in the Paris
region on Sundays, a traditional day of rest.  Action was taken
after a complaint by competitor Bricorama, which was itself
ordered last year to keep its shutters down on that day.
Earlier, another court ordered perfume chain Sephora - part of
the LVMH group - to shut its flagship Champs-Elysees shop in the
heart of Paris after 9pm after a complaint by a labour union.
"I was shocked by the rulings," the head of the main employers'
union Pierre Gattaz told French TV.  "The law must change so
that it stops wreaking havoc.  "It's unbearable: clients want to
consume more and staff want to work more and they can't. It's
crazy," Mr Gattaz added