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Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG, based in Kirkel in the German state of Saarland, is a full-service supplier in the home improvement and DIY market offering products for construction, renovation, workshops, living, garden and leisure time activities. Praktiker offers its customers - who range from passionate do-it-yourselfers to professional craftsmen - customized, reasonably priced and reliable solutions. The product range includes both high-quality products from well-known brand manufacturers as well as proven private label products known for their excellent prices and good quality.
The Praktiker Group operates - including Max Bahr - around 420 home improvement and DIY centers in nine countries, making it one of the leading providers in the european home improvement and DIY sector. In Germany, the company has about 340 locations (thereof 76 Max Bahr) with a combined selling space of about 2 mn. square meters, making it the almost largest operator in the marketplace. In Europe, the Praktiker Group ranks fourth, and the company already has the pole position in four countries (Luxembourg, Romania, Greece and Turkey).
During fiscal year 2007, the Praktiker Group had net sales of about € 4 bn. It employed 29,000 people at the end of 2007, including about 10,000 employees outside Germany. Foreign sales accounted for more than 27 percent of total sales.
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