Sales increase for Bunnings

Wesfarmers Limited of Australia has announced that Bunnings Warehouse achieved total sales of AUS $ 1.8 bn for the first quarter of the current financial year (July – September 2012), putting it 4.7 per cent up on the comparable period last year.During this period three new Bunnings stores were opened and one closed down, so that the retailer’s total number of outlets had gone up to 208 by 30 September.