Stockmann - Company Announcement

Stockmann Group's revenue in November 2013

Helsinki, Finland, 2013-12-13 09:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STOCKMANN plc,
Company Announcement 13.12.2013 at 10:00 EET 

The Stockmann Group's revenue amounted to EUR 158.2 million in November 2013.
Excluding the terminated franchising operations in Russia and Finland, revenue
was down 4.5 per cent on the previous year. 

The Department Store Division's revenue was down 5.2 per cent, if the
terminated franchising operations are excluded. In Finland revenue was down 5.0
per cent with decline in department stores and Hobby Hall but growth in the
Stockmann online store. Euro-denominated revenue in international operations
was down 5.7 per cent due to the weakened Russian rouble. Revenue was up in the
Baltic countries and in local currency on a par with the previous year in
Russia. 

The Fashion Chain Division's revenue was down 3.1 per cent; down 14.2 per cent
in Finland and down 0.4 per cent in international operations. Lindex's
euro-denominated revenue was up 1.8 per cent despite the weakened Norwegian and
Swedish currencies. Revenue in local currencies was up 7.6 per cent with growth
in all countries. Seppälä's revenue was down 29.0 per cent, partly due to
several closed stores during the past 12 months. There are several actions
under way to improve Seppälä's weak performance, including closing of
additional stores in Russia. Eveliina Melentjeff, earlier Lindex country
manager for Finland and the Baltics, started as the CEO of Seppälä on 1
December 2013. 

Revenue (exclusive of VAT) in November

                                      11/2013          Change-%  Change
                                    EUR mill.  excl. terminated       %
                                                   franchising*        
Department Store Division, Finland       69.3              -5.0    -7.2
Department Store Division,               28.7              -5.7    -7.6
international operations                                               
Department Store Division, total         98.0              -5.2    -7.4
Fashion Chain Division, Finland          10.5             -14.2   -14.2
Fashion Chain Division,                  49.8              -0.4    -0.4
international operations                                               
Fashion Chain Division, total            60.3              -3.1    -3.1
Unallocated                               0.0                          
Operations in Finland, total             79.7              -6.4    -8.3
International operations, total          78.5              -2.5    -3.2
Stockmann total                         158.2              -4.5    -5.8


Revenue (exclusive of VAT) in January-November

                                    1-11/2013          Change-%  Change
                                    EUR mill.  excl. terminated       %
                                                   franchising*        
Department Store Division, Finland      731.1              -3.0    -5.1
Department Store Division,              358.1              -1.3    -4.1
international operations                                               
Department Store Division, total      1 089.2              -2.4    -4.8
Fashion Chain Division, Finland         132.7             -10.2   -10.2
Fashion Chain Division,                 584.0               1.7     1.7
international operations                                               
Fashion Chain Division, total           716.7              -0.8    -0.8
Unallocated                              -0.7                          
Operations in Finland, total            863.1              -4.3    -6.1
International operations, total         942.1               0.5    -0.6
Stockmann total                       1 805.2              -1.8    -3.3


Change-%: change compared with the corresponding period of the previous year.
*Change compared with the revenue excluding the terminated Bestseller
franchising operations in Russia in 2012 and the Zara franchising operations in
Finland in spring 2013. 

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

www.stockmanngroup.com


STOCKMANN plc

Hannu Penttilä
CEO


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