Rimi Baltic’s store sales January – December 2007
Rimi Baltics store sales January – December 2007
Solna 10 January, 2008
Rimi Baltics store sales excluding VAT, in January – December 2007, totaled approximately EUR 1,156 million representing growth of 19 percent compared with the same period last year.
Rimi Baltics store sales per country in euro, excluding VAT, January – December 2007: Million, EUR Change, percent Rimi Estonia 363.9 5% Rimi Latvia 544.5 27% Rimi Lithuania 248.0 28% Rimi Baltic, total 1156.4 19%
Rimi Baltics store sales per country in euro, excluding VAT in December 2007:
Million, EUR Change, percent Rimi Estonia 37.7 7% Rimi Latvia 60.3 20% Rimi Lithuania 27.7 19% Rimi Baltic, total 125.7 15%
Change in percent shows the change from the corresponding period last year. Pegged exchange rates have been used to arrive at comparable results.
Rimi Baltic operates 215 stores in the Baltic region; 65 are located in Estonia, 94 in Latvia, and 56 in Lithuania.
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About ICA The ICA Group (ICA AB) is one of the Nordic regions leading retail companies, with around 2,250 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