In the first half of the year, the DIA Group posted gross sales under banner of EUR5.038bn, which implies a 12% increase in local currency versus the same period last year. This is due to the ongoing improvement in the commercial offer at the company’s ten commercial banners in the countries in which it operates, and an ongoing investment in prices so that customers have access to the highest number of products at the best prices

In 2015, DIA Group posted gross sales under banner of EUR10.547bn, up 14% versus 2014 in local currency thanks to the integration of the latest acquisitions and the company’s strong position in the various markets in which it operates in Iberia, gross sales under banner rose by 10.5% to EUR6.738bn, and in the emerging market segment (Argentina, Brazil and China) sales reached EUR3.808bn, up 20% in local currency.

In the first quarter of the year, DIA Group posted gross sales under banner of EUR2.497bn, which implies 15% growth in local currency compared to the same period in the previous year. Once again, the emerging countries in which the company is present (Argentina, Brazil and China) have posted extraordinary sales growth of 25.8% in local currency, reaching EUR930.4m.