Marimekko

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Marimekko Corporation

Logo since 1954
Head office
Native name	Marimekko Oyj
Company type	Public (Julkinen osakeyhtiö)
Traded as	Nasdaq Helsinki: MEKKO LSE: 0JX9 OTC Pink Limited: MKKOF
ISIN	FI0009007660
Industry	Textiles Clothing Home furnishings Retail
Founded	25 May 1951; 73 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]
Operating income	€30.4 million (2022)[1][3]
Net income	€22.7 million (2022)[1][3]
Number of employees	459 (31 December 2022)[1][3]
Website	marimekko.com

Marimekko Corporation (Finnish: Marimekko Oyj)^[4][5] 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.

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.