Marimekko’s local distributor in Japan, Look Inc., set up a new Marimekko concept store (156 sqm) in Hokkaido, Sapporo on 23 February 2008. This is already the eleventh Marimekko store in Japan. The other Marimekko concept stores or shop-in-shops in Japan are located in Hakata (Fukuoka), Kobe, Kumamoto (Kyusu), Kyoto, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo (three stores) and Yokohama.

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 Sapporo concept store is:
Fes Sapporo 1F, 3-11-5 Minami nijyo nishi, Chuou-ku, Sapporo city, Hokkaido, Japan

MARIMEKKO CORPORATION
Group Communications

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