Kingfisher sales up

Kingfisher achieved sales of £ 2.083 bn (€ 3.109 bn) in the fourth quarter, which amounts to growth of 8.8 per cent in constant currency on the same period of the preceding year, and 2.4 per cent like-for-like. For the full financial year to 3 February 2007, the group reports sales growth of 7.4 per cent in constant currency to £ 8.674 bn (€ 12.945 bn). Business in the United Kingdom still remained slack. Sales rose by 0.2 per cent, but a 1.8 per cent decline was recorded in like-for-like terms. Kingfisher's sales in France were 9 per cent up (2 per cent like-for-like). Sales in the rest of Europe (Poland, Italy, Spain, Ireland and Russia) increased by 25 per cent (7.4 per cent like-for-like) and the group's stores in Asia recorded growth of 42.2 per cent (10.9 per cent like-for-like).
Download: Kingfisher's sales for the full 2006/07 financial year (PDF)