STOCKMANN GROUP'S SALES IN AUGUST 2006

STOCKMANN plc STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE September 11, 2006, at 11.15

STOCKMANN GROUP'S SALES IN AUGUST 2006

The Stockmann Group's sales in August were EUR 111.8 million. Consolidated sales, eliminating the Zara business in Russia that was divested as from January 1, 2006, and the Stockmann Auto business that was transferred to new owners on March 1, 2006, were up 5 per cent.

The clothing business suffered especially in Finland because the sales of autumn collections did not get started due to the exceptionally warm weather throughout August.

Sales by the Department Store Division were up 7 per cent. Sales remained at the previous year's level despite the new department store in the Jumbo shopping centre, but the continued strong 35 per cent growth in sales abroad led to a clear increase in total sales. In international operations the like-for-like growth was strong in all market areas. Sales were further lifted by the expansion of the Bestseller chain in Russia.

Hobby Hall's sales rose by 7 per cent. Sales were up 6 per cent in Finland and 12 per cent abroad.

Seppälä's sales were down 4 per cent. Sales in Finland were down 14 per cent while they were up 43 per cent abroad, thanks to the strong growth especially in Russia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Sales figures in August and in January-August

August January-August January- December

	change	change
	2006	2005 perc.	2006	2005	perc.	2005
	Me	Me 06/05	Me	Me	06/05	Me
Department Store	61.3	61.5	-0.3	495.2	467.4	6.0	797.1

Division, Finland Department Store 20.3 15.0 35.3 170.7 131.2 30.1 227.0 Division, international operations* Department Store 81.5 76.4 6.7 665.9 598.6 11.2 1 024.1 Division, total*

Stockmann Auto*	74.8	64.3	16.3	64.3
Hobby Hall, Finland	14.9	14.1	5.9	104.5	105.4	-0.9	176.5
Hobby Hall,	2.8	2.5	11.9	20.7	21.6	-4.3	34.0

international operations

Hobby Hall, total	17.8	16.6	6.8	125.2	127.1	-1.5	210.5
	Seppälä, Finland	9.3	10.8 -13.5	79.2	84.7	-6.5	132.4
Seppälä, international	3.1	2.2	42.9	21.3	13.5	57.3	22.9

operations

Seppälä, total	12.4	13.0	-4.1	100.5	98.2	2.3	155.2
	Real estate + others	0.1	0.1 -11.3	0.6	0.6	3.4	0.9
Operations in Finland,	85.6	86.4	-1.0	754.4	722.4	4.4	1 171.2

total* International 26.2 19.6 33.2 212.6 166.4 27.8 283.9 operations, total* Stockmann total* 111.8 106.1 5.4 967.0 888.8 8.8 1 455.1

* The figures for 2005 do not include the Zara business in Russia that was sold at the turn of the year nor the March-December sales by the Stockmann Auto division that was divested at the beginning of March 2006. If the sales in 2005 by Zara Russia and Stockmann Auto are included in the comparison figures, the change of sales in per cent was:

August January-August

	2006	2006
	change	change
	perc.	perc.
Department Store Division,	3.3	10.4

international operations

Department Store Division, total	0.6	7.0
Operations in Finland, total	-28.2	-19.8
International operations, total	7.7	12.0
Stockmann total	-22.1	-14.5

STOCKMANN plc

Hannu Penttilä CEO

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