Rautatesko closes with a sales deficit

Rautakesko, the building materials and DIY store division of the Finnish Kesko Group, ended the year 2002 with a sales deficit, in contrast to the positive figures recorded by the group as a whole. Gross sales were down by 1.3 per cent to € 754.7 mio, whereby marked fluctuations were evident in the course of the year. The months of January through to March went particularly badly for Rautakesko, at times with double-digit setbacks. Then September brought growth of almost 13 per cent over the same month in the previous year. For December the division announces an increase of 3.7 per cent.
You can find a table showing Rautakesko’s monthly sales trend for 2002 in DIYglobal plus under the Trade topics heading (v. Other articles on this topic).