# Britain’s Kingfisher sees annual profit towards higher end of forecasts
Author:  Pal Sinha,Barnali
Author URL: https://economystandard.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali/
Published: 2021-11-19
Category: News
Category URL: https://economystandard.com/category/news/
Meta Title: Kingfisher Home Improvement Retailer Sees Strong Q3 Sales Boost
Meta Description: British retailer Kingfisher projects full year profit nearing $1.3 billion after a solid third quarter performance, driven by strong sales growth.
URL: https://economystandard.com/britains-kingfisher-sees-annual-profit-towards-higher-end-of-forecasts/

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LONDON (Reuters) – British home improvement retailer Kingfisher forecast full year profit towards the higher end of its previously guided range of 910-950 million pounds ($1.23-$1.28 billion) after reporting strong third quarter sales on a two-year basis.

The group, which owns B&Q and Screwfix in the United Kingdom and Castorama and Brico Depot in France and other markets, said like-for-like sales fell 2.4% in the three months to Oct. 31 against high numbers a year ago when it benefited from soaring demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.

But like-for-like sales on a two-year basis were up 15.0%.

($1 = 0.7410 pounds)

(Reporting by James Davey; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)


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