Marimekko's local distributor in Japan, Look Inc., set up a new Marimekko concept store (138 sqm) in Sendai on 23 August 2008. This is the twelfth Marimekko store in Japan. During this autumn three more stores will open in Japan, two stores in Osaka and one in Hiroshima. After these openings, there will be a total of 15 Marimekko concept stores and shop-in-shops in Japan.

Run by independent retailers, Marimekko concept stores are shops that sell exclusively Marimekko products and carry a comprehensive selection of merchandise from all the different Marimekko lines: clothing, interior decoration and bags. Developing and anchoring the concept store idea based on
Marimekko's lifestyle thinking represents an important part in Marimekko's internationalisation strategy.

The address of the Sendai concept store is:
5F Sendai PARCO, 1-2 Chuo Aoba-ku, Sendai city, Miyagi, Japan

MARIMEKKO CORPORATION
Group Communications

Marja Korkeela
Tel. +358 9 758 7238
Fax: +358 9 759 1676
Email: marja.korkeela@marimekko.fi