Rimi Baltic’s store sales January – December 2009
Rimi Baltics store sales January – December 2009
Solna 12 January, 2010
Rimi Baltics store sales excluding VAT, in January – December 2009, totaled approximately EUR 1,154 million representing a decrease of 11.9 percent compared with the same period last year.
Rimi Baltics store sales per country in euro, excluding VAT, January – December 2009:
Million, EUR Change, percent Rimi Estonia 358.4 -8.4% Rimi Latvia 557.5 -13.2% Rimi Lithuania 238.3 -13.5% Rimi Baltic total 1 154.2 -11.9%
Rimi Baltics store sales per country in euro, excluding VAT in December 2009:
Million, EUR Change, percent Rimi Estonia 33.0 -12.9% Rimi Latvia 51.2 -21.7% Rimi Lithuania 22.5 -22.2% Rimi Baltic total 106.8 -19.3%
Change in percent shows the change from the corresponding period last year.
Rimi Baltic operates 245 stores in the Baltic region; 78 are located in Estonia, 102 in Latvia, and 65 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