Kingfisher makes a solid increase

Kingfisher completed its second quarter (end: 11 July 2015) of the fiscal year, with a sales increase of 4.8 per cent compared to the same period last year. The like for like growth was 3.5 per cent. This means a total growth of 3.7 per cent and 2.1 per cent on the same area for the first half-year. The individual figures furthermore show that the two sales divisions’ growth rates in the biggest market in France remain behind B&Q in Great Britain:
 
10 weeks to 11 July 2015
 
 
% LFL
 Change
% LFL
Change
+2.6%
+1.4%
- Castorama
+1.7%
+0.5%
+4.1%
+2.7%
UK &
Ireland
+5.5%
+3.3%
+2.6%
+0.3%
- Screwfix
+16.7%
+16.0%
+4.3%
+6.0%
- Poland
+5.3%
+2.7%
+10.5%
+21.6%
Total
Group
+3.5%
+2.1%