Rimi Baltic’s store sales January – August 2009
Rimi Baltics store sales January – August 2009
Solna 9 September, 2009
Rimi Baltics store sales excluding VAT, in January – August 2009, totaled approximately EUR 791 million representing a decrease of 8.8 percent compared with the same period last year.
Rimi Baltics store sales per country in euro, excluding VAT, January – August 2009:
Million, EUR Change, percent Rimi Estonia 243.3 -6.5% Rimi Latvia 384.9 -9.5% Rimi Lithuania 163.3 -10.6% Rimi Baltic total 791.4 -8.8%
Rimi Baltics store sales per country in euro, excluding VAT in August 2009:
Million, EUR Change, percent Rimi Estonia 29.3 -15.6% Rimi Latvia 45.9 -18.7% Rimi Lithuania 19.8 -22.4% Rimi Baltic total 95.0 -18.6%
Change in percent shows the change from the corresponding period last year.
Rimi Baltic operates 242 stores in the Baltic region; 77 are located in Estonia, 101 in Latvia, and 64 in Lithuania.
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About ICA The ICA Group (ICA AB) is one of the Nordic regions leading retail companies, with around 2,230 of its own and retailer-owned stores in Sweden, Norway and in the Baltic States. The Group includes the sales companies ICA Sverige, ICA Norge and Rimi Baltic. ICA also offers financial services to Swedish customers through ICA Banken. ICA AB is a joint venture 40% owned by Hakon Invest AB and 60% by Royal Ahold N.V. of the Netherlands. According to a shareholder agreement, Royal Ahold and Hakon Invest jointly share controlling influence over ICA AB. Through Royal Ahold, ICA AB is part of an international retail network. For more information, please visit http://www.ica.se