Obi’s net sales increase by 5.5 per cent

The German market leader Obi increased its net sales in the last financial year by 5.5 per cent to EUR 6.4424 bn. Sales in Germany amounted to EUR 3.2614 bn, equivalent to an increase of 4.2 per cent and slightly outstripping the sales figure outside Germany (EUR 3.1811 bn; + 6.9 per cent). The figures were released by the parent company Tengelmann. The number of Obi stores grew by two per cent in the same period to 668 outlets, while the workforce increased by 4.8 per cent to 47,367.
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