Stockmann - Company Announcement

STOCKMANN GROUP'S PRELIMINARY REVENUE IN AUGUST 2011

Helsinki, Finland, 2011-09-07 09:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STOCKMANN plc,
Company Announcement 7.9.2011 at 10:00 EET 

The Stockmann Group's preliminary revenue in August increased by 10.8 per cent
and was EUR 156.6 million. 

The Department Store Division's revenue increased by 11.4 per cent. Revenue was
up 4.4 per cent in Finland and 33.5 per cent in international operations. The
strongest growth was again seen in Russia where revenue increased by 45 per
cent although the weakening Russian rouble had a negative effect on the
euro-denominated revenue. 

Lindex had good sales development in all markets where it operates. The
euro-denominated revenue increased by 10.9 per cent. The revenue growth was 7.5
per cent in Finland and 11.4 per cent abroad. 

Seppälä's revenue was up 3.2 per cent. Revenue increased by 4.2 per cent in
Finland. In international operations revenue was up 1.8 per cent and developed
well in the Baltic countries. 

Stockmann publishes its August revenue as preliminary figures due to the
company's Capital Markets Day taking place today. There will be no significant
changes between the preliminary and final revenue figures for the month. 


Preliminary revenue (exclusive of VAT) in August



                                                8/2011  Change  1-8/2011  Change
                                                   EUR       %       EUR       %
                                                 mill.             mill.        
Department Store Division, Finland                63.8     4.4     514.1     5.3
Department Store Division, international          25.7    33.5     221.1    42.1
 operations                                                                     
Department Store Division, total                  89.5    11.4     735.3    14.2
Lindex, Finland                                    6.3     7.5      44.6     2.9
Lindex, international operations                  48.1    11.4     348.3     9.3
Lindex, total                                     54.4    10.9     392.9     8.6
Seppälä, Finland                                   7.7     4.2      59.5    -4.1
Seppälä, international operations                  4.9     1.8      33.5     1.8
Seppälä, total                                    12.6     3.2      92.9    -2.0
Other operations                                   0.0               0.2        
Operations in Finland, total                      77.9     5.1     618.5     4.1
International operations, total                   78.7    17.0     602.9    18.9
Stockmann total                                  156.6    10.8   1 221.3    10.9


Change-%: change compared with the corresponding period of the previous year.

 Further information:
Hannu Penttilä, CEO, tel. +358 9 121 5801
Pekka Vähähyyppä, CFO, tel. +358 9 121 3351

www.stockmanngroup.fi


STOCKMANN plc

Hannu Penttilä
CEO


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