Like-for-like plus of four per cent

Preliminary results show that the Hornbach Group increased turnover in the last financial year 2006/2007 (to 28 February 2007) by 7.5 per cent to € 2.544 bn. The Hornbach Baumarkt AG sub-group, which operates 120 DIY and garden stores in eight countries throughout Europe, recorded turnover up by 7.1 per cent to € 2.392 bn. Approximately 64 per cent of the total was generated by the group's DIY and garden stores in Germany. Net sales here rose by 5.8 per cent to € 1.530 bn, and by 9.4 per cent to € 862 mio for the international branches. Sales throughout the group were up by 4.0 per cent in like-for-like terms.