Mainly minus signs in Europe

The majority of the figures reported by the industry in Europe for the first four months of the current year come complete with a minus sign. As announced at the European Home Improvement Forum in Vienna, cumulative sales from January to April remained below last year's results, except in Russia (with a double-digit increase), Belgium and Norway:
Germany: -1 %
United Kingdom: -3 %
France: -2 %
Netherlands: -4 %
Belgium: +1 %
Austria: -1 %
Ireland: -6 %
Norway: +/- 0 %
Russia: +10 %
Hungary: worse than -10 %