Clas Ohlson sales development in April Sales in April amounted to SEK 347 M which was unchanged compared with the same month in 2009. In local currencies, sales increased 2%. Compared with April 2009, 14 (20) stores have been added and the total number of stores on 30 April 2010 was 120. Mail order/Internet sales during the month amounted to SEK 6 M (6). Sales channels (SEK M): Countries Percentage change: Percentage change, local currency: Sweden: 175(175) 0 % 0 % Norway: 132(140) - 6 % - 5 % Finland and UK: 40(32) +24 % +36 % Total sales during the 12 month period (May 2009 - April 2010) increased by 13% to SEK 5 556 m (4 930). The year-end report for 2009/10 will be published on 10 June 2010. For more information please contact: Klas Balkow, CEO and President: +46 (0)247-447 55 John Womack, Director Information & IR: +46 (0)70-678 24 99 Clas Ohlson AB is a Swedish chain store that sells, amongst other things, hardware, electrical, multimedia, and home and leisure products. It is the largest hardware chain in Scandinavia. The company was founded in 1918 by the technically-minded Clas Ohlson (1895-1979), as a mail order business based in the Swedish village of Insjön, Dalarna. Initially, only manuals and technical literature were sold. He opened his first shop in Insjön in 1926 and there are now stores throughout Sweden, as well as in Norway and Finland. In 2008, the company opened its first store in the United Kingdom, in Croydon, south London. There are now stores at the Arndale Centre in Manchester, at The Harlequin in Watford, in Kingston upon Thames, Reading, Liverpool and Leeds.
Clas Ohlson sales development in April
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