Rimi Baltic’s store sales January 2009
Rimi Baltics store sales January 2009
Solna 9 February, 2009
Rimi Baltics store sales excluding VAT, in January 2009, totaled approximately EUR 102 million representing growth of 5 percent compared with the same period last year.
Rimi Baltics store sales per country in euro, excluding VAT, January 2009:
Million, EUR Change, percent Rimi Estonia 30.3 5% Rimi Latvia 49.6 5% Rimi Lithuania 22.2 6% Rimi Baltic total 102.1 5%
Change in percent shows the change from the corresponding period last year.
Rimi Baltic operates 235 stores in the Baltic region; 74 are located in Estonia, 99 in Latvia, and 62 in Lithuania.
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