Buff closed its fiscal year in April with an increase in sales by 11 percent to about €25 million in 2013-14. Exports accounted for 90 percent of total sales. However, Buff grew by 14 percent in the Spanish market from May 2013 to April 2014, as compared to the same period one year earlier. Germany, Austria, the U.K., France, Italy and the U.S. are growing markets for the Spanish brand. Buff opened its first mono-brand store at the airport of Barcelona, in Terminal 1 in March, while a second store was opened in Terminal 2 one week before the OutDoor show.
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