date:Mar 15, 2019
: Retailer Jumbo 6-month profit rises 9%
Greek retailer Jumbo posted a 9% rise in net profit for the six months to December 2018, thanks to strong growth in foreign countries. Jumbo said net profit came in at 98.7mln euros ($111.23mln), up from 90.4mln euros in the same period a year ago. The retailer said it would pay an interim dividend of 0.19 euros a share. Six-month group sales rose 7.6% to 476.8mln euros. Jumbo operates 51 stores in Greece and another 26 stores in Romania, Bulgaria and Cyp