2011-12-07 10:00:00 CET

2011-12-07 10:00:05 CET


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Tiimari Oyj Abp - Company Announcement

TIIMARI PLC: TIIMARI GROUP'S NET SALES IN NOVEMBER 2011 (preliminary)


Tiimari Plc         Stock Exchange Release 7 December 2011 at 11.00



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

Tiimari Group's sales in November amounted to EUR 10.4 million (EUR 9.5
million), which was approximately 9.6 % higher than in November last year.
Tiimari chain's sales amounted to EUR 8.5 million, which was approximately 6.2
% higher than in November last year. The positive sales development took place
especially in Finland, where succeeded both in decisions of product range and
in marketing activities. In addition, all major product deliveries actualized
in time in November. The discounted sales continued but their share of total
sales was lower than in previous months. 

Gallerix chain's sales in Euros amounted to EUR 1.9 million, which was
approximately 28.1 % higher than in November last year. In local currency,
Gallerix chain's growth in sales was 25.0 %. Gallerix chain's sales growth was
mainly due to the growth in the number of own Gallerix stores in relation to
the number of franchise stores. 

Tiimari Group's eleven-month cumulative sales amounted to EUR 61.7 million,
which was EUR 0.2 million and 0.4 % lower than the cumulative sales during the
same period last year. Cumulative sales in Finland amounted to EUR 45.1
million, which was approximately EUR 2.1 million and 4.4 % lower than the
cumulative sales during the same period last year. Cumulative sales in Euros in
Sweden amounted to EUR 14.2 million, which was approximately EUR 2.0 million
and 16.2 % higher than the cumulative sales during the same period last year.
In local currency, the cumulative sales in Sweden increased by 9.3 % compared
to the cumulative sales during the same period last year. In other countries,
the cumulative sales amounted to EUR 2.4 million, which was approximately EUR
0.1 million and 4.5 % lower than the cumulative sales during the same period
last year. 

Tiimari Group's sales in November 2011 (preliminary)



                 monthly sales            accumulated sales                     
                 11/2011  11/2010    chg  1-11/2011  1-11/2010    chg  1-12/2010
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Tiimari            8 535    8 035   6,2%     47 585     50 029  -4,9%     61 889
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Gallerix           1 870    1 460  28,1%     14 065     11 857  18,6%     13 904
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Total             10 405    9 496   9,6%     61 650     61 886  -0,4%     75 792
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Finland            8 217    7 697   6,7%     45 094     47 186  -4,4%     58 379
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Sweden             1 886    1 468  28,5%     14 155     12 186  16,2%     14 258
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Other countries      303      330  -8,3%      2 401      2 515  -4,5%      3 156
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Total             10 405    9 496   9,6%     61 650     61 886  -0,4%     75 792
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Niila Rajala
Managing Director
Tiimari Plc

Further information:

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

Chief Financial Officer 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.