Average weighted store price in KNV's cash range increased by 1.2% in 2018

The average sales-weighted store price in the Koch, Neff & Volckmar GmbH bar range rose by 1.2% in 2018 compared to the previous year. The average store price at KNV was € 14.95, compared to € 14.77 in the previous year. KNV also reported a pleasing trend in store prices for hardcover and paperback books: the average store price for hardcover books rose from € 15.79 in 2017 to € 16.00 in 2018 (+ 1.3 %), while the average store price for paperbacks rose by 2.6 % from € 9.91 in 2017 to € 10.17 in 2018.

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

KNV total

14,85 €

14,74 €

14,59 €

14,69 €

14,77 €

14,95 €

Difference

+ 2,0 %

– 0,7 %

– 1,0 %

+ 0,7 %

+ 0,6 %

+ 1,2 %

Tariff development wholesale and foreign trade*

+ 3,1 %

+ 2,6 %

+ 2,7 %

+ 2,0 %

+ 2,5 %

+ 2,0 %

Retail trade tariff development*

+ 2,5 %

+ 2,0 %

+ 2,3 %

+ 2,0 %

*The tariff development is based on figures from the Wholesale & Foreign Trade Association and the Baden-Württemberg Retail Trade Association

Overview of store price trends in the bar range over the last 10 years

2009 14,66 € - 0,9 %
2010 14,55 € - 0,75 %
2011 14,45 € - 0,7 %
2012 14,55 € + 0,7 %
2013 14,85 € + 2,0 %
2014 14,74 € - 0,7 %
2015 14,59 € - 1,0 %
2016 14,69 € + 0,7 %
2017 14,77 € + 0,6 %
2018 14,95 € + 1,2 %

This means that the store price level in 2018 is €0.10 higher than 5 years ago.

Stuttgart, January 31, 2019