OREANDA-NEWS. DIXY Group (MOEX: DIXY) - one of Russia's leading retailers of foods and everyday products -today announced total revenue growth of 33.3% in Russian rubles in December 2014, and total revenue growth of 26.9% in Russian rubles for the full year of 2014.

In 2014, DIXY Group total revenue increased to RUR 229.0 bin (USD 6.0 bin) by 26.9% in RUR

(increased by 5.2% in USD) year-on-year.

In December 2014, DIXY Group total revenue increased to RUR 24.5 bln (USD 440.3 mln) by 33.3% in RUR (decreased by 21.1% in USD) year-on-year.

Retail revenue of DIXY neighborhood stores increased to RUR 19.0 bln (USD 342.3 mln) by 39.1% in RUR (decreased by 17.6% in USD) year-on-year in December 2014.

Retail revenue of Victoria Division increased to RUR 3.3 bln (USD 59.7 mln) by 18.3% in RUR

(decreased by 29.9% in USD) year-on-year in December 2014. The growth was driven mainly by retail revenue from Victoria supermarkets which demonstrated 18.3% year-on-year growth in RUR (decreased by 29.9% in USD) and amounted to RUR 2.7 bln (USD 48.3 mln) in December 2014.

Retail revenue of Megamart Division increased to RUR 2.0 bln (USD 35.2 mln) by 13.3% in RUR

(decreased by 32.9% in USD) year-on-year in December 2014.

For the full year of 2014, the Company opened 396 stores net, including 68 store openings net in December 2014.

As of December 31, 2014, the Group had 2,195 stores under operation, including 2,065 DIXY neighborhood stores, 94 Victoria stores, 1 CASH store, and 35 compact hypermarkets MegaMart and MiniMart.

As of December 31, 2014, the Group increased its selling space by 21% year-on-year to 746,509 square meters.

The Company demonstrated 14.6% like-for-like sales growth in the fourth quarter of 2014, and 11.4% like-for-like sales growth in the full year of 2014.