If the growth continues at the same rate, Dedeman should get to almost EUR1.8 billion sales at the end of 2019. If the growth pace remains unchanged next year, as well, Dedeman should see sales of some EUR2 billion in 2020, four years after having overshot the EUR1 billion mark.
The DIY retailer ended last year with 49 stores after having opened the store in Pantelimon, Bucharest, following a EUR15 milion investment. The is the sixth Bucharest store of the network.
It is already working on a seventh in the city, in Prelungirea Ghencea, which makes it the first DIY retailer to go to that part of Bucharest, an area that has seen significant real estate develop in the past decade.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)