The DIY stores of the German AVA group achieve a slight increase after nine months
According to information issued by the group, its Russian subsidiary Marktkauf Rus is positioned well above target with the retail centre that opened in Moscow in February 2003, which also includes a DIY store. The turnover here amounted to € 54.4 mio. Growth rates on a monthly basis come to between 25 and 30 per cent. The group intends to open another hypermarket with DIY store in Moscow in each of the next two years, 2005 and 2006.









