Solna, Sweden, 2017-Jan-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sales in the Swedish ICA stores increased by 1.6% in December 2016 compared with the corresponding month 2015. Sales in like-for-like stores increased by 1.1%.
December 2016
January – December 2016
Store sales, excl. VAT
SEKm
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like-for-like
SEKm
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like-for-like
Maxi ICA Stormarknad
3,444
0.5%
0.5%
33,806
2.6%
2.1%
ICA Kvantum
2,612
2.6%
1.2%
26,877
2.4%
1.9%
ICA Supermarket
3,021
1.9%
1.5%
33,619
1.9%
1.7%
ICA Nära
1,421
1.6%
1.8%
16,634
2.7%
2.9%
Total
10,498
1.6%
1.1%
110,936
2.4%
2.0%
In December 2016, sales in the Swedish…
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