Munich, January 8, 2014 – In 2013, Munich fashion group LUDWIG BECK (ISIN DE 0005199905) generated branch-adjusted gross sales of € 102.1m (previous year: € 101.6m). This denotes a 0.6% increase in like-for-like sales at Group level. Without the adjustment, that is, taking into account the Esprit branch at the Munich Olympia Shopping Mall, which was sold in 2012, gross sales were slightly below last year’s level of € 103.2m. The online store www.ludwigbeck.de, launched in December 2012, already made a positive contribution to Group´s sales in its first year of business and fulfilled all of management’s expectations.