The retailers affiliated with the Austrian 3e AG cooperative generated external sales of EUR 711 mio in 2023. This corresponds to a decline of 3.3 per cent compared with the previous year. The decline in Austria was significantly higher, at 6.7 per cent. Here, 153 3e members realised a turnover of EUR 501 mio. 175 member companies are active in Central and Eastern Europe (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia). They increased their turnover by 6.1 per cent to EUR 210 mio. Among other things, the specialist trade cooperative 3e AG operates and manages the Let's do it sales line, which trades on the market as a specialist tool store.