Ace double digit increase in central sales

The US American hardware trade cooperation Ace Hardware, finished the fiscal year 2014 with an increase of 13.2 per cent in central sales to USD 4.700 bn. Not counting week 53, which was included in this calculation, it would have been an increase of 12.0 per cent. Also included in these central sales figures are USD 233.8 mio in retail sales from the subsidiary, Ace Retail Holdings. That amounts to a growth of 3.6 per cent, and 4.1 per cent on existing sales areas. The store network in the USA has grown by 80 new stores to 4 251. The approximate 3 000 affiliated dealers, who report their figures to the headquarters, recorded a 4.2 per cent in like-for-like growth.