Solna, Sweden, 2015-11-9 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sales in the Swedish ICA stores rose by 3.9% in October 2015 compared with the corresponding month last year. Sales in like-for-like stores increased by 3.4%.
| October 2015 | January – October 2015 | |||||
| Store sales, excl. VAT | SEKm | Change all stores |
Change like-for-like |
SEKm | Change all stores |
Change like-for-like |
| Maxi ICA Stormarknad | 2,724 | 5.4% | 3.1% | 26,848 | 5.9% | 3.5% |
| ICA Kvantum | 2,221 | 4.3% | 4.2% | 21,593 | 4.6% | 3.6% |
| ICA Supermarket | 2,766 | 2.7% | 2.6% | 27,444 | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| ICA Nära | 1,328 | 3.1% | 4.0% | 13,510 | 2.3% | 2.9% |
| Total | 9,039 | 3.9% | 3.4% | 89,395 | 3.8% | 3.1% |
In October 2015, sales in the Swedish ICA stores totalled SEK 9,039 million excluding VAT, which is an increase of 3.9% compared with the same month in the previous year. Sales in January-October 2015 amounted to SEK 89,395 million, an increase of 3.8% compared with the previous year.
At 31 October 2015, the number of ICA stores in Sweden was 1,303. Store sales for November will be published on 8 December 2015 at 08.45 CET.
To see all publication dates in 2015, please visit ICA Gruppen’s website http://www.icagruppen.se/en/investors/calendar.
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| ICA Gruppen AB (publ) is a leading retail company with a focus on food and health. The Group includes ICA Sweden and Rimi Baltic which mainly conduct grocery retail, ICA Real Estate which owns and manages properties, ICA Bank which offers financial services and Apotek Hjärtat which conducts pharmacy operations. The Group also includes the portfolio companies inkClub and Hemtex. For more information see icagruppen.se |
ICA Gruppen discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Market Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 08:45 CET on Monday, 9 November, 2015.
SOURCE: ICA Gruppen AB