DStv Channel 403 Friday, 01 November 2024

Cashbuild sales dip as inflation, interest rates bite

JOHANNESBURG - The country’s biggest retailer of building materials and related supplies says it saw a dip in sales in the last three months of 2022.

Cashbuild’s group revenue fell 5 percent in the three months to end December.

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It says rising inflation and interest rates are making the building environment difficult.

The company has also flagged a notable increase in independent competitors and says there’s a rise in unregulated and inferior products on the market.

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