SanomaWSOY - Annual Report 2003


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In brief
Key figures
Organisation
Year 2003
Outlook 2004
Management
Companies

Rautakirja

     
Key indicators, € million 31.12.2003 31.12.2002
Net sales 770.3 726.5
Operating profit before amortisation 41.4 42.4
% of net sales 5.4 5.8
Operating profit 35.5 38.0
% of net sales 4.6 5.2
Operating profit excl. associated companies 41.3 39.5
% of net sales 5.4 5.4
Balance sheet total 348.6 410.4
Gross investments 28.7 27.8
Return on investment, % (ROI) 18.1 15.0
Personnel under employment contract, average 6 458 6 453
Personnel, average (full-time equivalents) 4 962 5 110
 
Operational indicators, 1.1 – 31.12. *) 2003 2002
Customer volume in kiosk operations, thousands 119 380 122 126
Customer volume in bookstore operations, thousands 6 316 6 460
Customer volume in movie theatres, thousands 3 599 3 591
Number of copies sold (press distribution), thousands 127 562 126 017
*) Units in Finland





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Sales of magazines devoted to the home, cars, youth culture, and music all increased in 2003. A Lehtipiste outlet at the K-Supermarket Jättijako in Vantaa. Lehtipiste’s dispatch department is located in Vantaa. The number of Finns reading books has grown. Suomalainen Kirjakauppa’s bookstore at the Iso Omena mall in Espoo. R-kiosks are ideal for quick-impulse purchases. Veli Kojo at the new R-kiosk at Helsinki Station Square. Most of Rautakirja’s Finnish finance functions have been concentrated at the company’s new financial service centre. Tarja Åberg and Kirsi Vartiainen. Finnkino is the leading movie theatre chain in the Baltic region. A new multiplex was opened in Riga in Latvia in November. A Finnish-Norwegian partnership kiosk in Riga. Finnkino is the market leader in all the countries where it operates, such as Latvia. The number of Eurostrada outlets is not expected to grow significantly. The Eurostrada service area in Keimola.
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