Ten per cent for Kesko

The Finnish Kesko Group has announced sales growth of 10.2 per cent from the building materials and DIY retail division in the first quarter of 2012. More than half of the sales total, € 333.7 mio, was from abroad; growth here amounted to 12.8 per cent. An increase of 23.3 per cent was recorded in Russia alone in March. The quarterly sales in Finland were up by 7.6 per cent to € 305.8 mio.