Increase especially in Germany

In the first nine months of its 2011/2012 financial year, Hornbach, a German DIY retail group with 134 DIY and garden stores in nine countries, increased sales by 6.3 per cent to € 2.41 bn. Like-for-like sales grew by 2.9 per cent. The greatest amount of dynamism was provided by the company’s branches in Germany, with a like-for-like plus of six per cent in cumulative terms. Sales outside Germany rose by 7.6 per cent altogether in the first nine months; the international share of turnover saw growth from 42.0 per cent to 42.5 per cent.