Rimi Baltic’s store sales January – March 2008
Rimi Baltics store sales January – March 2008
Solna 8 April, 2008
Rimi Baltics store sales excluding VAT, in January – March 2008, totaled approximately EUR 300.8 million representing growth of 16 percent compared with the same period last year.
Rimi Baltics store sales per country in euro, excluding VAT, January – March 2008:
Million, EUR Change, percent Rimi Estonia 88.3 7% Rimi Latvia 147.2 21% Rimi Lithuania 65.3 19% Rimi Baltic total 300.8 16%
Rimi Baltics store sales per country in euro, excluding VAT in March 2008:
Million, EUR Change, percent Rimi Estland 30.7 6% Rimi Lettland 52.4 17% Rimi Litauen 23.0 11% Rimi Baltic totalt 106.1 12%
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 217 stores in the Baltic region; 66 are located in Estonia, 94 in Latvia, and 57 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