Tiimari Oyj Abp - Company Announcement

TIIMARI GROUP'S NET SALES IN DECEMBER 2011 AND FULL YEAR 2011 (preliminary)

Tiimari Plc
Stock Exchange Release 10 January 2012 at 13.30

Tiimari Group's sales in December amounted to EUR 16.7 million (EUR 13.9
million), which was approximately 20.2 % higher than in December last year.
Particularly well developed Tiimari segment's sales in Finland, which was
approximately 11.9 % higher than in December last year. The whole Tiimari
segment's sales in December amounted to EUR 13.2 million, an increase of 11.3
%. The positive sales development was due to successful decisions of product
range, product deliveries and marketing activities. The discounted sale started
in December but its share of total sales remained small. 

Gallerix segment's sales in Euros amounted to EUR 3.5 million, which was
approximately 71.7 % higher than in December last year. In local currency,
Gallerix segment's growth in sales was 69.5 %. Gallerix segment's sales include
Gallerix Ab's sales to local franchise shops as well as sales of company's own
retail shops. The sales growth was mainly due to structural changes i.e. growth
in the number of own Gallerix shops in relation to the number of franchise
shops. Gallerix chain's retail sales development in December was -4.5 %. 

Tiimari Group's twelve-month cumulative sales amounted to EUR 78.1 million,
which was EUR 2.4 million and 3.1 % higher than the cumulative sales during the
same period last year. Cumulative sales in Finland amounted to EUR 57.6
million, which was approximately EUR 0.8 million and 1.3 % lower than the
cumulative sales during the same period last year. Cumulative sales in Euros in
Sweden amounted to EUR 17.5 million, which was approximately EUR 3.2 million
and 22.6 % higher than the cumulative sales during the same period last year.
In local currency, the cumulative sales in Sweden increased by 16.0 % compared
to the cumulative sales during the same period last year. In other countries,
the cumulative sales amounted to EUR 3.0 million, which was approximately EUR
0.1 million and 3.4 % lower than the cumulative sales during the same period
last year. 

Tiimari Group's sales in December 2011 and full year 2011 (preliminary)



                 monthly sales             accumulated sales           
                 12/2011  12/2010     chg  1-12/2011  1-12/2010     chg
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Tiimari           13 196   11 860  11.3 %     60 780     61 889  -1.8 %
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Gallerix           3 513    2 046  71.7 %     17 365     13 904  24.9 %
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Total             16 709   13 906  20.2 %     78 144     75 792   3.1 %
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Finland           12 527   11 193  11.9 %     57 621     58 379  -1.3 %
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Sweden             3 532    2 072  70.5 %     17 474     14 258  22.6 %
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Other countries      650      641   1.4 %      3 048      3 156  -3.4 %
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Total             16 709   13 906  20.2 %     78 144     75 792   3.1 %
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Niila Rajala
CEO
Tiimari Plc

Further information:

CEO Niila Rajala tel. + 358 (0)3 812911, e-mail: niila.rajala@tiimari.fi

CFO Jarmo Kanervo tel. +358 (0)3 812911, e-mail: jarmo.kanervo@tiimari.fi

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Tiimari Plc is a listed company. The group consists of two retail shop
concepts: Tiimari and Gallerix. These two concepts do business in five
countries within the Baltic Sea region and there are altogether nearly 300
shops. All concepts belong to the forerunners of their market segment.