Wickes growing

The British retail company Travis Perkins PLC, which includes the Wickes DIY chain among its businesses, has reported an increase in sales of 7.8 per cent for the first six months of the current fiscal year (1.1.-30.6.2015). Like-for-like sales increased by 5.7 per cent. In the consumer category (Wickes, Toolstation and Tile Giant) sales increased by 8.6 per cent in the same period to GBP 693 mio (approx. € 986 mio), with like-for-like sales rising by six per cent. The operating margin (thus without real estate gains) was 5.6 per cent.