Clas Ohlson has signed a contract regarding a new store at Valbo Shopping Center, Gävle, Sweden. The retail space will amount to a total of 1,449 square metres. The store’s catchment area comprises approximately 94,000 residents and the store is scheduled to open in autumn 2011/winter 2012.
Future store establishments that have been contracted to date are: Akseli Shopping Centre, Mikkeli, Finland in June 2011; Flygstaden Shopping Centre, Halmstad, Sweden in June 2011; Newcastle, UK in August 2011; Gränby, Uppsala, Sweden in August 2011; Buskerud Storsenter Shopping centre, Nedre Eiker, Norway in September 2011; Erikslund, Västerås, Sweden in September 2011; Palokka Shopping area, Jyväskylä, Finland in September 2011; Byporten Kjøpesenter, Mo i Rana, Norway in October 2011; Bogstadsveien, Oslo, Norway in October 2011; Alta, Norway in October/November 2011; Karisma, Lahti, Finland in November/December 2011; Valbo Shopping Center, Gävle, Sweden in autumn 2011/winter 2012; Elverum, Norway in Ferbruary/March 2012; Kongssenteret Shopping Centre in Kongsvinger, Norway in winter/spring 2012; Norrtälje, Sweden in spring 2012; Ängshagen Shopping area, Lidköping, Sweden in spring 2012; Willa Shopping Centre, Hyvinkää, Finland in October 2012; Matkus Shopping area, Kuopio, Finland in October 2012; Amfi Ørsta, Ørsta, Norway in autumn 2012; Norra Backa Shopping area, Borlänge, Sweden in autumn 2012; Emporia, Malmö, Sweden during the 2011/2012 financial year and Mobilia Shopping Centre, Malmö, Sweden in autumn 2013.
During the 2011/12 financial year we aim to establish 17-22 stores of which 2-4 in Finland and 1-4 in the UK. With currently 141 stores and 22 contracted stores, Clas Ohlson will have a total of 163 stores, of which 70 in Sweden, 59 in Norway, 22 in Finland and 12 in the UK.
For further information, please contact:
Bo Heyman, Director of Retail expansion, Mobile +46 (0)70-597 44 90.
John Womack, Director of Information and Investor Relations, +46 (0)247-444 05.