STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 15, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Turnover for the H&M Group increased in April 2004 by 7 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year.
The later arrival of spring, compared to last year, has had a restrained effect on sales in March.
Sales increase per month in per cent excluding currency rate changes:
2000/ 2001/ 2002/ 2003/
01 02 03 04
December 7 10 16 11
January 22 8 18 14
February 16 16 10 13
March 27 16 8 7
April 15 12 12
May 20 11 9
June 21 19 8
July 18 18 8
August 26 16 5
September 34 8 6
October 18 26 10
November 20 14 4
Whole year 20 14 9
Sales development in the month of April will be published on 18th May 2004 at 8.30 CET.
Rolf Eriksen Managing Director
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (Publ.) Head office -- A7, 106 38 Stockholm Phone: +46-8-796 55 00, Fax: +46-8-24 80 78, E-mail: info.se@hm.com Registered office Stockholm, Reg. No 556042-7220
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