OREANDA-NEWS. Online sales of X5 Retail Group in May 2020 increased by 40% compared to April and amounted to 2.37 billion rubles, the company said.

"The total revenue of the online supermarket Perekrestok.ru and express delivery from Pyaterochka and Perekrestok in this period amounted to 2.37 billion rubles (including VAT), of which 1.7 billion were provided by Perekrestok.ru and 673 million services express delivery", the message said.

The growth relative to April indicators (1.7 billion rubles) amounted to 40%, while Perekrestok.ru sales grew by 41%, and express deliveries from Pyaterochka and Perekrestok - by 34.6%. "Online sales in Moscow and the Moscow region in May brought 3% of total X5 sales in these regions. The growth rate accelerated more than seven times year-on-year compared with an increase of 370% in April", the company said.