Wolseley Sales Down 8.3% in First Half of Fiscal 2013

摘要

European distributor Wolseley plc re-ported total sales for the first half ended Jan. 31,2013, of £6.3 million (US$8.1 million), a decrease of 8.3 percent from the first half of 2012. Like-for-like sales increased 2.2 percent. Total trading profit increased 4.5 percent to £324 million (US$416.9 million). Revenue for Ferguson, Wolseley's U.S. business, was 8.3 percent ahead on a like-for-like basis, including price inflation of 1 percent. The RMI segment remained resilient and the recovery in levels of new construction continued. Major business units of Blended Branches, Waterworks and B-to-C continued to gain market share.