Fat sales increase

Hagebau improved its centrally invoiced group sales in the first nine months of the current financial year by 6.4 per cent to € 2.992 bn. The number of partners saw an increase of 5 over last year for a total of 297. This means the cooperative organisation numbered 1 103 outlets at the end of September, 951 of them in Germany and 152 in Austria. In Germany the group increased its centrally invoiced sales by 10.2 per cent to € 2.782 bn. It was the trade segment above all that was responsible for this increase. In the DIY business the 289 Hagebaumarkt stores (last year: 286) increased their sales proceeds by 1.8 per cent.