Marimekko
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Marimekko Oyj (trading internationally as Marimekko Corporation) is a Finnish textiles, clothing, and home furnishings company founded by Viljo and Armi Ratia in Helsinki in 1951. Marimekko made important contributions to fashion in the 1960s. It is particularly noted for its brightly colored printed fabrics and simple styles, used both in women's garments and in home furnishings.
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Native name | Marimekko Oyj |
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Company type | Public (Julkinen osakeyhtiö) |
ISIN | FI0009007660 |
Industry | Textiles Clothing Home furnishings Retail |
Founded | 25 May 1951; 72 years ago (1951-05-25) in Helsinki, Finland |
Founders | Viljo Ratia Armi Ratia Riitta Immonen |
Headquarters | Helsinki , Finland |
Number of locations | 153 stores (2022)[1][2] |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko [fi] (CEO) Mika Ihamuotila [fi] (Chairman) Maija Isola (Designer) Vuokko Nurmesniemi (Designer) |
Revenue | €166.5 million (2022)[1][3] |
€30.4 million (2022)[1][3] | |
€22.7 million (2022)[1][3] | |
Number of employees | 459 (31 December 2022)[1][3] |
Website | marimekko.com |
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Two designers in particular, Vuokko Nurmesniemi, with bold stripes, and Maija Isola, with large simple flowered prints such as the Unikko poppy, created hundreds of distinctive patterns and helped to make Marimekko a household name across the world.