Press service

 

 

We cordially welcome you to the Praktiker press portal. Here, you will find topical information about one of the leading companies in the European home improvement and DIY sector. Details about the structure of our group, its history and strategy, its foreign operations and the roundabout 420 stores in Germany and abroad will be shown under Praktiker Group.

If you have any queries and demands, please do not hesitate to contact the Press Center of Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG. Drop us a line or send us an e-mail. We are looking forward to providing further assistance to you.

 

 

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Third Quarter Report and Nine-Months Financial Report of the Praktiker Group
Operating earnings distinctly up
Group sales slightly down from last year

  • Sales after nine months at 3,014.5 million euros (- 0.9 %) 
  • EBITA improved by 21.2 % to 109.5 million euros
  • International: sales  up by more than 20 percent   
  • Germany: higher quality of earnings
  • Sales and earnings forecast for 2008 unchanged 

Kirkel – October 23, 2008. Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG continues to be on target for the fiscal year 2008. Despite the further booming international business, consolidated sales narrowly missed the record level of the prior year and came in at just around 3.015 billion euros. The quality of earnings however increased distinctly. The positive trend in operating earnings from the Second Quarter continued unbroken. The EBITA generated during the period from January through September of 109.5 million euros are 21.2 percent up from the figure reported last year. A similar increase in earnings (22.1 percent) was reported for the Third Quarter.   

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The Interim Report Q3/2008 is available here.

The statement of CEO Wolfgang Werner regarding the interim report Q3/2008 is available here.


Praktiker Services GmbH to start operations
 

Kirkel – September 30, 2008. From October 1, 2008, internal services at the Praktiker Group will be bundled in a separate service company, Praktiker Services GmbH. This relates to the functions IT, Organization and Logistics. With this important structural decision, efficiency and competitiveness of the Praktiker Group in Germany and abroad will be sustainably improved.

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Customer survey “Kundenmonitor Deutschland” 2008 confirms two-brand strategy of the Praktiker Group

  • Praktiker again voted number one for price
  • Max Bahr ranks top for service

Kirkel, September 26, 2008 – The two-brand strategy of the Praktiker Group is successful. This was confirmed in the recent survey “Kundenmonitor Deutschland 2008“. DIY customers perceive the Praktiker brand as the price leader in the German DIY sector. Max Bahr was found to be particularly convincing in the fields of customer service and staff friendliness.

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Further press releases and the archive are available here.

  Ad-hoc announcements

You will find the ad-hoc announcements here.
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 Management Board of  Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG

Information about our Management Board is available here.
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 Company portrait

Here you will find key corporate data at a glance.

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Are you interested in the history of Praktiker AG?
This is where you can read more.

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 Photo service

Portraits and photographs of the Management Board members of Praktiker are shown here. Or are you interested in photographs relating to the topics stores, architecture, head office and store situations? 
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 Authorization for filming and photo shooting

Here you will find the authorization form for filming and photo shooting as a PDF file for download.
You plan to make a film, photos or a radio interview in our stores?
Here is the application form.
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