Clas Ohlson has signed a contract regarding a new store in the new shopping centre Karisma in Lahti, Finland. The retail space will amount to a total of 1,350 square metres. The store’s catchment area comprises approximately 120,000 residents and the store is scheduled to open in November/December 2011.
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, St. Davids Shopping Centre, Cardiff, UK and Frenchgate Shopping Centre, Doncaster, 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; Karisma, Lahti, Finland in November/December 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 23 contracted stores, Clas Ohlson will have a total of 145 stores, of which 65 in Sweden, 51 in Norway, 18 in Finland and 11 in the UK.
For further information, please contact:
Bo Heyman, Director of Establishment, Mobile +46 (0)70-597 44 90.
Tapio Kuittinen, Managing Director of Clas Ohlson OY, 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.