Clas Ohlson has signed a contract regarding a new store in Mediagården, Stavanger, Norway. The retail space will amount to a total of 1100 square metres. The store’s catchment area comprises approximately 200 000 residents and the store is scheduled to open in November 2010.
Future store establishments that have been contracted to date are: Bryn Senter, Oslo, Norway, in August 2010; 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 and Mediagården, Stavanger, Norway in November 2010; Brierley Hill/Birmingham, UK in November/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 121 stores and 18 contracted stores, Clas Ohlson will have a total of 139 stores, of which 65 in Sweden, 50 in Norway, 16 in Finland and eight in the UK.
For further information, please contact:
Ola Aurtande, Head of Establishment, Clas Ohlson Norway, +47 23 21 40 20, +47 911 21 895
John Womack, Director of Information and Investor Relations; Mobile +46 (0)70 678 24 99