A good August

Double-digit sales growth in August is the news from Kesko’s building materials and DIY retail division. Sales came to € 271.3 mio, or 12.1 per cent more than in the same month last year. The increase was as high as 14.1 per cent in the Finnish domestic market, while the volume abroad saw growth of 10.5 per cent. This includes Russia, where the increase came to 15.2 per cent.