Sales in March decreased by 2 per cent to 623 MSEK (639). Organic sales increased by 1 per cent compared to the previous year. Online sales decreased by 3 per cent to 82 MSEK (85). Compared to the same month last year the store network decreased by 7 stores. At the end of the period, the total number of stores was 222 (229).
| Distribution of sales | Month | Accumulated | ||||
| March | Change | May-March | Change | |||
| MSEK | 2022/23 | SEK | Organic | 2022/23 | SEK | Organic |
| Sweden | 293 | 0% | 0% | 3,785 | 2% | 2% |
| Norway | 259 | -6% | 3% | 3,648 | 4% | 1% |
| Finland | 71 | 6% | 0% | 967 | 7% | 1% |
| Outside the Nordics | - | - | - | 13 | - | - |
| Total | 623 | -2% | 1% | 8,413 | 3% | 1% |
| Of which online | 82 | -3% | -1% | 976 | 9% | 7% |
Total sales for the period May–March 2023 increased by 3 per cent to 8,413 MSEK (8,176). Organic sales increased by 1 per cent compared to the previous year. Online sales for the period increased by 9 per cent to 976 MSEK (898).
Kristofer Tonström, CEO and President: The organic sales increase in March was one per cent in a market characterized by reduced room for consumption for households, and with seven fewer stores net compared to the corresponding month last year. We note a good sales development in Norway with an organic sales increase of three per cent, however, in parallel with the weakening of the Norwegian krona relative to the Swedish krona, external factors such as cost inflation and a strong US dollar implies continued challenges going forward. In order to counter this, our work on cost saving measures is highly prioritized.
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Niklas Carlsson, Group Head of Communications, +46 247 444 29, niklas.carlsson@clasohlson.se
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