Heavy snowfalls in central Sweden and spring-like conditions in the south of the country jump-started Swedish sporting goods retailers' sales in February. The were up by no less than 22 percent during the month as compared to February 2011. After negative growth toward the end of 2011, sales took a strong positive turn in January and the trend seems to have continued. Sales for 2012 so far have increased by 18.1 percent at current prices and by 16.2 percent at constant prices when compared with the same period last year.

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