THE STOCKMANN GROUP'S SALES IN AUGUST 2005
STOCKMANN plc STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE September 9, 2005, at 12.00
THE STOCKMANN GROUP'S SALES IN AUGUST 2005
The Stockmann Group's sales in August were EUR 143.6 million, up 9.4 per
cent.
The strongest sales growth was reported by the Department Store Division
whose sales were up 16 per cent on the previous year. Sales grew by 12 per
cent in Finland and by 34 per cent abroad. The strong increase in sales
outside Finland was due to the new department store that was opened in
Moscow in December 2004 as well as the growth of the network of Zara
stores in Russia and the strong like-for-like sales in the Baltic market.
Seppälä's sales grew by 5 per cent. Sales were up 1 per cent in Finland
and 38 per cent abroad. The strong growth in sales outside Finland was due
to the good like-for-like sales growth and in part to new stores.
Stockmann Auto's sales grew by 1 per cent.
Hobby Hall's sales grew slightly. In Finland Hobby Hall's sales were on a
par with the previous year while the sales in the Baltic countries grew by
3 per cent due to the favourable sales trend in Estonia.
Sales figures in August and in January-August
August January-August January-
December
| change | change |
| 2005 | 2004 perc. | 2005 | 2004 | perc. | 2004 |
| Me | Me 05/04 | Me | Me | 05/04 | Me |
| | |
| Department Store | 61.5 | 55.0 | 11.7 | 467.4 | 442.7 | 5.6 | 746.1 |
Division, Finland
Department Store 19.6 14.7 33.8 154.7 108.3 42.8 192.7
Division,
international
operations
Department Store 81.1 69.7 16.4 622.0 551.0 12.9 938.8
Division, total
| Stockmann Auto* | 32.8 | 32.5 | 0.8 | 282.6 | 309.5 | -8.7 | 437.1 |
| Hobby Hall, Finland | 14.1 | 14.2 | -0.3 | 105.4 | 107.3 | -1.7 | 180.4 |
| Hobby Hall, | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 21.6 | 20.9 | 3.3 | 34.0 |
international
operations
| Hobby Hall, total | 16.6 | 16.6 | 0.2 | 127.1 | 128.2 | -0.9 | 214.4 |
| Seppälä, Finland | 10.8 | 10.7 | 0.6 | 84.7 | 79.9 | 6.0 | 128.3 |
| Seppälä, | 2.2 | 1.6 | 38.0 | 13.5 | 9.2 | 47.0 | 15.4 |
international
operations
| Seppälä, total | 13.0 | 12.3 | 5.4 | 98.2 | 89.1 | 10.2 | 143.7 |
| | Real estate + | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
others
Operations in 119.3 112.5 6.0 940.7 940.1 0.1 1 492.8
Finland, total
International 24.3 18.7 30.1 189.8 138.4 37.1 242.1
operations, total
Stockmann total* 143.6 131.2 9.4 1 130.5 1 078.5 4.8 1 735.0
* With the elimination of the sales by the unit transferred to Kesko on
July 1, 2004, from Stockmann Auto's comparison figure for 2004, the
division's sales in January-August were up 9 per cent and the consolidated
sales were up 10 per cent.
STOCKMANN plc
Hannu Penttilä
CEO
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