The Swedish retail chain Clas Ohlson increased its sales by three per cent to SEK 5.422 bn from May 2013 to January 2014, the first three quarters of the current financial year. As of the end of January it operated a total of 182 stores in Sweden, Norway, Finland and the UK. Clas Ohlson’s sales in January likewise grew by three per cent, with sales in Finland showing the strongest increase.