Specially strong abroad

Sales growth of 8.7 per cent has been announced by the building materials and DIY retail division of the Finnish Kesko Group for the first nine months of the current year. The division recorded sales of € 2.1146 bn over this period. The increase of 11.0 per cent to € 1.530 bn abroad was clearly above the domestic figures. Sales in Finland rose by 6.1 per cent to € 961.6 mio.