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Stockmann plc is a Finnish retailer established in 1862.
Stockmann's eight company-owned department stores are in Finland (six), Estonia (one), and Latvia (one). There also were an additional nine Stockmann-branded department stores in Russia owned and operated by Reviva Holdings, with a license to use the Stockmann name until 2028.<ref>https://www.hs.fi/talous/art-2000009729103.html</ref>
The Stockmann, Helsinki centre flagship store covers Template:Convert of retail space and welcomes more than 17 million visitors every year. It is the largest department store in the Nordic countries.
Stockmann owns and manages five shopping malls with Template:Convert of gross leasable area, of which half is occupied by Stockmann.
Lindex, owned by Stockmann, has 475 stores in 16 countries, including 39 franchised stores.
Stockmann has been a member of the International Association of Department Stores from 1950 to 2020, with various CEOs acting as presidents of the Association over time.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
HistoryEdit
Stockmann was established by Georg Franz Stockmann, a merchant from Lübeck, Germany who took a job as a bookkeeper at a Nuutajärvi Glassworks store in Helsinki Senate Square. In 1859, Stockmann became the manager of the store. In 1862, Stockmann took control of the store and the Stockmann department store was officially established. In 1902, the company was renamed G.F. Stockmann Aktiebolag. The shareholders were Stockmann and his two sons, Karl and Frans. Stockmann died in 1906. In 1930, the Stockmann, Helsinki centre store was finished, complete with revolving doors, a soda fountain, and escalators. Also in 1930, Stockmann bought a neighbouring book store, Akateeminen kirjakauppa (Template:Langx, the Academic Bookstore). The first television transmission in Finland was broadcast from the department store in 1950.
In the 1950s, Stockmann opened a department store in Tampere. Stockmann opened department stores in Tapiola in 1981 and Turku in 1982. In 1986, the first {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Template:Literal translation) sales were held. The sales proved extremely popular and became a biannual event. The first Stockmann stores outside of Finland opened in Moscow in 1989, and in Tallinn in 1993. The northernmost department store, in Oulu, opened in 2001 and closed in 2017.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1989, Stockmann began operations in Russia, with the opening of a small stand in the GUM department store in Moscow.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
In December 2007, Stockmann acquired Lindex, a Swedish clothing retailer with 331 outlets in the Nordic region and the Baltic states.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
Stockmann sold Seppälä on 1 April 2015 to Seppälä's CEO Eveliina Melentjeff and her husband Timo Melentjeff.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In September 2015, Stockmann sold The Academic Bookstore to Bonnier Books AB media.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
In February 2016, Stockmann sold its operations in Russia to Reviva Holdings. Stockmann continued to own and operate Nevsky Centre in Saint Petersburg until it was sold in January 2019.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On January 1, 2017, Stockmann sold Hobby Hall to SGN Group.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
In 2017, the company sold its food division, Stockmann Herkku, to S Group for €27 million.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In May 2018, the company sold Kirjatalo, the building opposite their flagship store in Helsinki which houses the Academic Bookstore, for €108 million.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In March 2019, CEO Lauri Veijalainen resigned.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In June 2019, the company announced 150 layoffs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In April 2020, Stockmann applied for corporate restructuring due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.<ref>https://yle.fi/a/3-11293650</ref> Its restructuring plan took effect in December 2020 over an eight-year period.<ref>https://www.hs.fi/talous/art-2000007680582.html</ref>
LocationsEdit
FinlandEdit
- Helsinki City Center, Stockmann's oldest and largest flagship store
- Itis shopping centre, Helsinki
- Jumbo shopping centre, Vantaa
- Ainoa shopping centre, Espoo
- Tampere
- Turku, in Hansa shopping centre
Estonia and LatviaEdit
Russia (under license)Edit
In January 2022, Sberbank and Yakov Panchenko, actual owner of Stockmann in Russia, announced the binding agreement for the purchase of 100% stake of Stockmann by the bank by June 2022. Presently, 100% of shares of Stockmann in Russia are hypothecated by "Sberbank".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>