On expansionary path

The Austrian Baumax Group succeeded in increasing gross sales by a double-digit figure of 12.5 per cent in 2008 for a total of € 1.42 bn. Sales abroad grew by 22 per cent, while Baumax generated sales up by 1.5 per cent to € 595 mio in the home market. The group’s overall number of stores grew by 9 to 137 in 2008, and their combined sales area rose 12.6 per cent to 921 400 m². Fifty-five per cent of this sales area is located outside Austria.