| CHF million |
First half year 2008 (2) |
First half year 2009 |
Change |
| Gross sales |
792.2 |
743.0 |
(6%) |
| Change adjusted for currency in % |
2% |
(1%) |
|
| Change adjusted for expansion and currency in % |
(1%) |
(4%) |
|
| Net sales |
672.1 |
630.5 |
(6%) |
| Operating earnings before depreciation and impairment (EBITDA) |
45.9 |
37.8 |
(18%) |
| Operating earnings (EBIT) |
15.6 |
6.6 |
(58%) |
| Net profit |
3.1 |
( 2.3) |
(174%) |
| |
|
|
|
| Net cash flow from operating activities |
45.2 |
65.4 |
45% |
| Net cash provided /(used) in investing activities |
(36.0) |
(27.3) |
(24%) |
| Free cash flow |
9.2 |
38.1 |
314% |
| |
|
|
|
| Number of stores as of June 30 |
834 |
855 |
3% |
| Sales area as of June 30 in m2 |
648 452 |
671 101 |
3% |
| |
|
|
|
| Number of employees as of June 30 (1) |
7 715 |
7 639 |
(1%) |
| Average number of full-time employees on a half-year basis (1) |
4 992 |
5 036 |
1% |
(1) Excluding apprentices
(2) Restatement see Note 2.2 to 2.4 on pages 12 to 15 in the half year report 2009.