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First positive results from Shape 2012: Q3 earnings almost reached prior year's level
9M
- METRO Group's sales reach €46.1 billion - pre-currency growth of 0.3%
- Business development significantly impaired by negative currency and declining price effects
- Sales in Germany of €18.4 billion almost reach prior year's level - outperformance of total market
- International sales grow by 0.9% in local currency (Western Europe: -0.3%; Eastern Europe: +2.6%)
- METRO Group's EBIT before special items amounts to €748 million (9M 2008: €855 million) and includes negative currency effects
Q3
- METRO Group's sales reach €15.6 billion - in local currency almost on prior year's level
Metro Cash & Carry
- Sales -2.6% (adjusted for currency effects)
- Food: Largely solid development despite significantly declining price effects
- Non-food: Declining sales, especially in Eastern Europe
Real
- Sales +1.3% (adjusted for currency effects)
- Business in Germany with satisfying sales development despite high prior-year basis
- Sales in Eastern Europe increase by 11.2% in local currency
Media Markt und Saturn
- Sales +7.4% (adjusted for currency effects)
- Like-for-like sales increases in Germany and Western Europe
- Dynamic market share gains in all regions continue
Galeria Kaufhof
- Sales -4.2% due to weather-related declining textile market
Real Estate
- Earnings before special items slightly below prior year's level
Shape 2012
- First positive results noticeable
METRO Group's EBIT before special items almost on prior-year level
