APRIL announced consolidated sales results for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. For the period, the company reported consolidated sales of EUR 748.8 million for the first nine months of 2018, up 8.5% compared to EUR 690.4 million a year ago.

The company's overall performance for the first nine months of the year remains in line with group expectations. The company is also continuing its refocusing and transformation efforts towards a more open, multi-brand model via transactions such as the acquisition of La Centrale de Financement, the full impact of which will be felt in 2019. Accordingly, the group it expects current EBIT growth in the upper end of a 6% to 10% range compared to 2017.