Praktiker opens new store in Ruse. Germany’s second-largest home improvement retailer Praktiker

 It operates 6 more facilities in the country and plans to open another one in the Black Sea city of Burgas by the end of the year. The retailer projects 13 stores in the country by 2010. Praktiker increased its sales in the country by 82.9% y/y to EUR 28.4mn in H1. It entered the local market in September 2004.