date:Jul 25, 2013
ond quarter after a 5 percent rise in the preceding period, as it saw an outflow of shoppers with the number of bills down almost 2 percent after a rise of 0.4 percent in the first quarter.
Rival X5 (PJPq.L) recently reported a deeper fall in second quarter customer numbers - by 4 percent, while Magnit (MGNT.MM), which in the first quarter overtook X5 as the country's biggest retailer by sales, recorded a 0.2 percent increase.
Dixy's total first-half sales amounted to 87 billion roubles ($2.69