Best quarter in comparable terms

The third quarter (September to November 2003) brought the Hornbach DIY stores the highest like-for-like sales so far in the current financial year This figure was up by 5.7 per cent, and volume sales overall grew by 15.7 per cent to € 486.0 mio over the same quarter last year. This means that net sales for the months from March to November add up to € 1.5067 bn. This is an increase of 17.5 per cent, or 3.9 per cent like-for-like. Hornbach Holding increased sales in the third quarter by 17.5 per cent to € 522.9 mio.