Here sales increased by 11.3 per cent to € 467.0 million. The foreign portion of sales increased from 42.2 per cent to 44.1 per cent. Like-for-like sales net of currency items increased in foreign markets by 6.6 per cent, including currency factors by 5.7 per cent.
Net sales of the 98 German branches went up in the first quarter by 2.8 percent to € 591.9 bn. Like-for-like sales increased by 2.7 per cent.
Hornbach currently operates 154 DIY megastores with garden centres in nine European countries. Most recently the group opened a new location in both Austria and the Czech Republic.