07/04/2019
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Positive revenue trend and an increase of 17% in 2017 compared to the previous year for wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equip...

Positive revenue trend and an increase of 17% in 2017 compared to the previous year for wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment
Strengths:
- 17% increase in consolidated revenues in the sector;
- The money conversion cycle became positive in 2017, 3 days, from -1 day in 2016;
- Decrease in the period of receivables collection from 64 to 60 days.
Weaknesses:
- More than one third of companies (43%) registered a decrease in revenues;
- Almost a third of the companies operating in this sector do not obtain profit from their core business;
- Among companies with turnover > EUR 1 Million, 2018 was a maximum in terms of the number of incidents recorded and the number of companies for which they were registered.