AS Ekspress Grupp: Sales in July

Ekspress Grupp 

10.08.2012 15:14
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Tallinn, Estonia, 2012-08-10 15:14 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

The Group's sales in Juy increased by 8.2% compared to the same period previous
year. In the online media segment, the strong growth continues - compared to
the same period last year, the sales increased by 26.2%. In July, Delfi Latvia
showed a very good result where thanks to proactive sales and successful
supplements, the sales increased nearly 35%. For several months in a row, Delfi
Ukraine has nearly doubled its sales compared to the previous year, though the
amount is still marginal.  The periodicals segment continued at the same pace
as last month and increased the sales by 6.7% compared to the same period in
2011. The growth was primarily supported by the successful DVD series sales. In
the advertising revenues, Eesti Päevaleht surprised positively by increasing
its advertising revenue in July after a long-term decline. This is due to
successful special inserts and changed sales strategy. The printing services
segment increased its sales in total by 6.6%. The growth was again led by
export, as well as paper sales. To some extent, Scandinavian clients show a
greater summer passivity compared to the same period last year. 



Revenue by segment  - July, th EUR

Segment             2012   2011  Change %
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Online media         688    545   26.2%  
Periodicals        1 744  1 634    6.7%  
Printing services  1 664  1 561    6.6%  
Unallocated           79     26   203.8% 
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Eliminations       (372)  (252)   47.5%  
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TOTAL              3 803  3 514    8.2%  
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         Additional information:
         Gunnar Kobin
         Chairman of the Management Board
         GSM: +372 5188111
         e-mail: gunnar@egrupp.ee
News Source: NASDAQ OMX



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