Clas Ohlson has signed a contract regarding a new store in the Citytalo shopping centre in Uleåborg, Finland. The retail space will amount to a total of 1,200 square metres. The store’s catchment area comprises approximately 150,000 residents and the store is scheduled to open in November 2010.
Future store establishments that have been contracted to date are: Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden, in September 2010; Liljeholmen, Stockholm, Sweden and Lambertseter, Oslo, Norway, in October 2010; Drottninggatan, Stockholm, Sweden and Kiruna, Sweden in October/November 2010; Jönköping, Sweden in November 2010; Lillehammer, Norway, Mediagården, Stavanger, Norway and Dikeveien, Fredrikstad, Norway, in November 2010; Uleåborg, Finland in November 2010; Brierley Hill, Birmingham, UK in November/December 2010; Chapelfield Shopping Centre, Norwich, UK and St. Davids Shopping Centre, Cardiff, UK in December 2010; Kristansund, Norway in March 2011; Gränby, Uppsala, Sweden, in autumn 2011; Erikslund, Västerås, Sweden in September 2011; Alta, Norway in October/November 2011; Bodø and Elverum, Norway, in November 2011; Norrtälje, Sweden, in spring 2012 and Emporia, Malmö, Sweden, during the 2011/2012 financial year.
Clas Ohlson plans to 17-22 new stores during the 2010/2011 financial year, of which 6-10 in the UK. With currently 122 stores and 21 contracted stores, Clas Ohlson will have a total of 143 stores, of which 65 in Sweden, 51 in Norway, 17 in Finland and 10 in the UK.
For further information, please contact:
Bo Heyman, Director of Establishment, Mobile +46 (0)70-597 44 90.
Tapio Kuittinen, Managing Director, Finland; Tel +358 201 11 22 30, Mobil +358 407 57 60 09.
John Womack, Director of Information and Investor Relations, +46 (0)247-444 05.