OREANDA-NEWS. DIXY Group (MOEX: DIXY) - one of Russia's leading retailers of foods and everyday products - today announced total revenue growth of 16.5% in Russian rubles in June 2015, and total revenue growth of 23.1% in Russian rubles for the first six months of 2015.

For the first six months of 2015, DIXY Group total revenue increased to RUR 131.6 bln (USD 2.3 bln) by 23.1% in RUR (decreased by 25.0% in USD) year-on-year, and increased to RUR 22.4 bln (USD 410.2 mln) by 16.5% in RUR (decreased by 26.5% in USD) year-on-year in June 2015.

In June 2015, DIXY Group retail revenue increased to RUR 22.2 bln (USD 407.4 mln) by 16.6% in RUR (decreased by 26.4% in USD) year-on-year.

* Retail revenue of DIXY neighborhood stores increased to RUR 18.1 bln (USD 332.5 mln) by 18.9% in RUR (decreased by 24.9% in USD) year-on-year in June 2015.
* Retail revenue of Victoria Division increased to RUR 2.6 bln (USD 47.2 mln) by 6.7% in RUR (decreased by 32.6% in USD) year-on-year in June 2015. The growth was driven mainly by retail revenue from Victoria supermarkets which demonstrated 6.4% year-on-year growth in RUR (decreased by 32.8% in USD) and amounted to RUR 2.0 bln (USD 37.6 mln) in June 2015.
* Retail revenue of Megamart Division increased to RUR 1.5 bln (USD 27.7 mln) by 8.1% in RUR (decreased by 31.8% in USD) year-on-year in June 2015. For the first six months of 2015, the Company opened 271 stores net, including 56 store openings net in June 2015.

As of June 30, 2015, the Group had 2,466 stores under operation, including 2,333 DIXY neighborhood stores, 97 Victoria stores, 1 CASH store, and 35 compact hypermarkets MegaMart and MiniMart. As of June 30, 2015, the Group increased its selling space by 25% year-on-year to 827,227 square meters. The Company demonstrated 2.3% like-for-like sales growth in the second quarter of 2015 and 6.7% for the first six months of 2015.