Solna, Sweden, 2016-Jul-09 — /EPR Retail News/ — In June 2016, sales in the Swedish ICA stores totalled SEK 9,761 million excluding VAT, which is an increase of 4.3% compared with the same month in the previous year. Sales in January-June 2016 amounted to SEK 54,507 million, an increase of 3.5% compared with the previous year.
ICA Gruppen estimates the calendar effect for June to be +0.5%.
At 30 June 2016, the number of ICA stores in Sweden was 1,299. Store sales for July will be published on 8 August 2016 at 08.45 CET.
To see all publication dates in 2016, please visit ICA Gruppen’s website http://www.icagruppen.se/en/investors/calendar.
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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 time 08:45 on Friday July 8, 2016.
| June 2016 | January – June 2016 | |||||
| Store sales, excl. VAT | SEKm | Change all stores | Change like-for-like |
SEKm | Change all stores | Change like-for-like |
| Maxi ICA Stormarknad | 2,999 | 4.5% | 4.2% | 16,594 | 4.1% | 3.1% |
| ICA Kvantum | 2,331 | 4.5% | 4.0% | 13,252 | 3.4% | 3.1% |
| ICA Supermarket | 2,949 | 3.7% | 3.4% | 16,532 | 2.8% | 2.7% |
| ICA Nära | 1,482 | 4.8% | 4.6% | 8,129 | 3.9% | 4.2% |
| Total | 9,761 | 4.3% | 4.0% | 54,507 | 3.5% | 3.1% |
Source: ICA Gruppen