Sales leap by 21 per cent

The Finnish Kesko group’s retail formats in the hardware and building materials area, which are grouped together in the K-Alliance, made a significant leap in sales in the first six months of 2004. Gross sales were up by 20.7 per cent to € 655.3 mio. This includes the K-rauta and Rautia outlets in the home country of Finland, which achieved a volume of € 437.2 mio and an increase of 10.2 per cent. The figures in detail:
Sales in € mio
Change
K-rauta
247.7
11.2 %
Rautia
189.5
9.0 %
Finland, total
437.2
10.2 %
K-rauta, Sweden
52.2
9.9 %
K-rauta, Estonia
27.9
26.2 %
K-rauta, Latvia
12.1
5.2 %
Senukai, Lithuania
125.9
92.6 %
Foreign countries, total
218.1
48.9 %
Hardware and builders' supplies stores, total
655.3
20.7 %