Solna, Sweden, 2016-Oct-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sales in the Swedish ICA stores increased by 3.0% in September 2016 compared with the corresponding month last year. Sales in like-for-like stores increased by 2.6%.
September 2016
January – September 2016
Store sales, excl. VAT
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Maxi ICA Stormarknad
2,617
3.2%
2.8%
24,939
3.4%
2.6%
ICA Kvantum
2,123
2.8%
2.2%
19,908
2.8%
2.4%
ICA Supermarket
2,686
2.6%
2.3%
25,193
2.2%
2.1%
ICA Nära
1,331
3.7%
3.7%
12,604
3.2%
3.5%
Total
8,757
3.0%
2.6%
82,645
2.8%
2.5%
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