VIRGIN ware Opens a New Store in the UK


GREECE, April 5, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Hatzioannou, the leading European group in the second skin manufacturing and value for money retailing, announced that its 100% UK subsidiary Virgin ware opened a new store in Croydon, UK.

Virgin ware had opened another store in Guildford, UK on March 17th, reaching in total 14 stores in England. (Please see table).



 OPENING DATE                STORES-LOCATION

 JULY 2002                   FOUBERTS-LONDON
 APRIL 2003                  READING
 AUGUST 2003                 BULL RING-BIRMINGHAM
 AUGUST 2003                 FIGLEAVES (Online Store)
 SEPTEMBER 2003              TRAFFORD-MANCHESTER
 OCTOBER 2003                BRAINTREE-ESSEX (Stock House)
 NOVEMBER 2003               CHESTER
 DECEMBER 2003               PETERBOROUGH
 DECEMBER 2003               HATFIELD (Stock House)
 DECEMBER 2003               CRAWLEY
 JANUARY 2004                YORK
 FEBRUARY 2004               BROMLEY
 MARCH 2004                  GUILDFORD
 MARCH 2004                  CROYDON

Virgin ware will be consolidated to the group for the first time in 2004.

Hatzioannou shares are listed on the Athens Stock Exchange (Reuters: HADr.AT), (Bloomberg: HATZK GA) and also traded on the Deutsche Borse.

This information is also available on Hatzioannou's website at www.hatzi.gr

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