Last year Zeus, the joint subsidiary of Hagebau, EK Großeinkauf and E/D/E, increased its centrally invoiced sales by 4.7 per cent to € 1.57 bn in total. The amalgamation of Zeus with Hagebau-Einzelhandel went through on 1 January 2005, and all staff are now working in the same location at Hagebau’s head office site in Soltau. The merging of marketing and sales is proceeding rapidly, according to a press release.