Kingfisher PLC
11 May 2000
Trading statement for 13 week period ending 29 April 2000
KINGFISHER REPORTS SALES GROWTH OF 12% TO £ 2.6 BILLION
Kingfisher plc, the European DIY, electricals and general merchandise
retailer, today reports total sales growth during the first quarter of this
year compared to the same period a year ago of 12.1% to a record £2.63
billion. Like for like sales increased by 7.1% for the quarter.
All of the group's main businesses showed increased sales with a particularly
strong performance in electricals. Electrical sales were boosted by increased
demand for mobile phones and multi media products.
Commenting on the sales figures, Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy, Chief Executive, said:
'This is an encouraging start for the year, given the extremely competitive
retail environment we are facing across all of our markets. Although, as
always, it is still too early to draw conclusions from these figures about
what the full year will bring, it is good to see that our businesses are
continuing to sustain the strong levels of organic sales growth they achieved
last year.'
QUARTER ONE TRADING STATEMENT
First quarter 2000/01
Sales for the 13 week period ended 29 April 2000
2000 / 01 1999 / 00 %
increase/(decrease)
All Like-for-
stores like
£m Euro m £ m Euro m % %
B&Q (2)(6) 690.2 1,136.6 580.4 955.7 18.9 5.0
Castorama (5) 502.6 827.6 491.7 809.7 2.2 6.0
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---- ----
DIY sector 1,192.8 1,964.2 1,072.1 1,765.4 11.3 5.5
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---- ----
Darty (5) 266.2 438.4 244.5 402.6 8.9 18.1
Comet 235.8 388.3 188.7 310.7 25.0 17.7
ProMarkt (5)(6) 139.4 229.5 112.5 185.3 23.9 6.4
BUT (5) 75.5 124.3 70.6 116.3 6.9 3.7
Other (3) 46.3 76.2 37.7 62.1 22.8 7.4
------ ------- ----- ------- ---- ----
Electrical sector 763.2 1,256.7 654.0 1,077.0 16.7 14.1
------ ------- ----- ------- ---- ----
Woolworths 397.7 654.9 365.1 601.2 8.9 3.6
Superdrug 192.8 317.5 187.8 309.3 2.7 0.9
Other (4)(6) 84.7 139.5 67.6 111.3 25.3 8.8
------ ------- ----- ------- ---- ----
General Merchandise 675.2 1,111.9 620.5 1,021.8 8.8 2.9
sector
------ ------- ----- ------- ---- ----
Total Group 2,631.2 4,332.8 2,346.6 3,864.2 12.1 7.1
------- ------- ----- ------- ---- ----
Local Currency
Castorama (FFRm) 5,428.8 4,785.2 13.4
Darty (FFRm) 2,875.9 2,379.5 20.9
The like-for-like increases are shown at constant exchange rates
Euro comparisons are at a constant exchange rate (1.6467)
(1)All store sales were lower by £(96.3)m as a result of translation into
sterling of which £(48.7)m related to Castorama and £(24.2)m related to
Darty.
(2)Includes NOMI, Screwfix and B&Q Shanghai (Screwfix is not included
in LFL).
(3)Other Electricals comprises BCC, New Vanden Borre and Electric City.
(4)Other General Merchandise comprises Entertainment UK, MVC and VCI
(Entertainment UK and VCI not included in LFL).
(5)Castorama, Darty, ProMarkt and BUT sales are reported on a calendar month
basis.
(6)Sales from ProMarkt, VCI and B&Q Shanghai are for the quarter ended 31
March.
Note: £1: Euro 1.6467
For further information
Media Enquiries
Gwen Gober, Director of Corporate Affairs + 44 (0) 20 7725 5714
Gail Lavielle, Director of Corporate Communications + 33 (1) 43 18 52 68
Broker and Institutional Enquiries
Keith Williams, Director of Investor Relations + 44 (0) 20 7725 5776
Graham Fairbank, Head of Corporate Communications + 33 (1) 43 18 52 26
Kingfisher plc + 44 (0) 20 7724 7749
Kingfisher Website www.kingfisher.co.uk
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