Tiimari Oyj Abp - Company Announcement

TIIMARI GROUP'S NET SALES IN MARCH 2011 (preliminary)

Tiimari Plc         Stock Exchange Release 8 April 2011 at 9.30 

TIIMARI GROUP'S NET SALES IN MARCH 2011(preliminary)     
Easter is the second largest Tiimari season and due to the transition both
March and first quarter sales figures are not comparable with the previous
year. Due to the Easter transition March sales figures are not comparable with
the previous year. Tiimari group sales in March was EUR 4.9 million (EUR 6.7
million) or approximately 27% lower than last year. Sales in Finland were down
34% from the previous year. Gallerix chain's sales in Sweden grew by 7% in
local currency, in EUR terms the growth was 9%. 

Tiimari Group's three-month cumulative sales stood at EUR 13.5 million which is
EUR 2.7 million and 17% lower than during the first quarter year ago.
Cumulative sales number in Finland was 21% lower. Gallerix Chain's cumulative
sales in Sweden increased 1% in local currency and in EUR terms the growth was
5%. 

Tiimari Group's sales in March 2011



                 monthly sales          accumulated sales                   
                 3/2011  3/2010    chg  1-3/2011  1-3/2010    chg  1-12/2010
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Tiimari           3 647   5 573  -35 %    10 149    13 042  -22 %     61 889
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Gallerix          1 206   1 111    9 %     3 369     3 198    5 %     13 904
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Total             4 853   6 684  -27 %    13 518    16 240  -17 %     75 792
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Finland           3 426   5 177  -34 %     9 554    12 168  -21 %     58 379
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Sweden            1 213   1 254   -3 %     3 387     3 413   -1 %     14 258
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Other countries     214     253  -15 %       577       659  -12 %      3 156
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Total             4 853   6 684  -27 %    13 518    16 240  -17 %     75 792
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Hannu Krook
Managing Director                                                               
Tiimari Plc                                                                     

Further information:   
Managing Director Hannu Krook                                                   
tel. + 358 (0)3 812911, e-mail: hannu.krook@tiimari.fi 

Chief Financial Officer Kai Järvikare                                           
tel. +358 44 7129475, e-mail: kai.jarvikare@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.