Beacon Roofing today announced preliminary net sales of about $1.46 billion for the second quarter of 2020, and announced several measures in response to the global COVID-19 crisis. According to a news release, the preliminary forecast represents 2% growth in overall sales, and a daily sales increase of 0.5% over last year.

“We are pleased with preliminary second quarter sales that broadly met our internal expectations and continued the momentum from Q1, even as COVID-19 began to impact our daily sales,” said President and CEO Julian Francis. “We made progress against each of our strategic priorities: seeing positive organic growth; improving our operating efficiency; increasing use of our digital solution. I continue to believe our strategy will deliver improved operating results over time.”