Sales increases by 3 per cent in January to 596 MSEK (578). In local currencies, sales increases by 4 per cent versus previous year. Sales development in comparable units and in local currency was 2 per cent.
Compared with the same month previous year, the net store portfolio was expanded by 11 stores. At the end of the period, the total number of stores was 224.
Sales in January is distributed as follows:
| Countries, MSEK | January 2017/18 |
January 2016/17 |
Percentage change | Percentage change, local currency |
| Sweden | 263 | 253 | 4 | 4 |
| Norway | 237 | 235 | 1 | 5 |
| Finland | 76 | 67 | 12 | 9 |
| Outside Nordic countries* | 19 | 22 | -11 | -12 |
| 596 | 578 | 3 | 4 |
*Effected by store optimization in the UK.
Total sales during the first nine months of the fiscal year (May 2017 to January 2018) increases by 2 per cent to 6,528 MSEK (6,415). In local currencies, sales increases by 3 per cent versus previous year.
The third quarter interim report 2017/18 will be published at 07:00 CET on Wednesday 14 March 2018. The report will be presented on the same day at 08:30 CET in a telephone and web conference.
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