Tokmanni to open its expanded and remodelled store in Ikaalinen – The store at shopping centre Komppi will offer an even more varied assortment

Tokmanni     Press release     20 September 2022 at 5:45 p.m.

Customers will now find even more low prices and new products at shopping centre Komppi in Ikaalinen, where Tokmanni has been remodelling and expanding its store over the past weeks. The opening of the store, located on the busy highway 3, will be celebrated in true Tokmanni style with plenty of opening offers and surprise buckets with product gifts, starting at 8 am on Thursday 22 September 2022.

The Tokmanni store, which was opened at shopping centre Komppi in Ikaalinen in 2014, has been expanded by about 500 square metres from about 2,900 to about 3,400 square metres. Thanks to the expansion and the remodelling, the store can now offer a wider assortment of leisure goods and home renovation and interior decoration products, for example. In addition, the garden department in connection with the store has gained more than 100 square metres of additional space for displaying its assortment.

The Ikaalinen store will also have a Miny lifestyle brand shop-in-shop department measuring about 80 square metres. The lifestyle brand was launched by the variety discount retailer in February. According to its slogan, Miny, with its colour palette and visual identity that is distinctly different from that of Tokmanni, is big on fun, small in price, and it offers various beauty, wellness and interior decoration products and other surprising and interesting things to buy. Miny shop-in-shop departments can already be found in 12 Tokmanni stores.

The Ikaalinen Tokmanni will also have a Miny lifestyle brand shop-in-shop department, a concept that was launched by Tokmanni at the beginning of the year, which offers various beauty, wellness and interior decoration products, for example. The photo is from the Tikkurila Tokmanni in Vantaa, where a Miny shop-in-shop department was opened in February.

The store represents Tokmanni’s newest store concept

The Tokmanni in Ikaalinen, managed by Store Manager Carita Hellsten, employs around 15 retail professionals. In addition to its expanded assortments, new signage has been added and the shelves have been rearranged. The product categories – beauty, health and wellbeing, interior decoration, cleaning, clothing, leisure, home electronics, home renovation, seasonal products and non-perishable foods – are now grouped into well-defined departments.

“These changes are based on Tokmanni’s newest store concept, which emphasises easy and quick shopping, and their purpose is to serve customers even better,” says Timo Heimo, Vice President, Sales and Supply Chain at the variety discount retailer.

“I can easily say that the Tokmanni store in Ikaalinen will be an even better place for customers to do their shopping. As a result of the remodelling, our customers will find that shopping is easier than before and thanks to the expansion, there will be even more products in the assortment. The premises are more pleasant and serve their purpose better, which means that day-to-day life at the store will also be smoother.”

Like other Tokmanni stores, customers can make their purchases in the Ikaalinen store as Tokmanni’s corporate customers and members of the Tokmanni Klubi customer loyalty program. Customers can also pick up orders made through the Tokmanni online store and withdraw cash when paying at the checkout.

The Ikaalinen store will also have a handy recycling point for customers’ small waste electrical and electronic equipment and used household batteries. Energy efficiency in the store is also taken care of with, for example, modern LED lighting.

Tokmanni seeks to reduce waste by, among other things, optimising order volumes and deliveries. Stores in the Tokmanni chain also sell soon-to-expire food products at half-price, starting two hours before the stores’ closing time.

Opening offers, surprise buckets and extensive opening hours

Tokmanni will celebrate the opening of its expanded and remodelled store with plenty of opening offers and with its famous free buckets filled with products gifts and surprises. At the Tokmanni store in Ikaalinen the free buckets will be offered to the first 500 customers on the day of the opening. In addition, a Tokmanni gift card (EUR 50) has been hidden in two of the buckets.

The Tokmanni store in Ikaalinen will serve its customers at Karhoistentie 3, 39500 Ikaalinen with long opening hours: from 8 am to 9 pm on weekdays, from 8 am to 8 pm on Saturdays and from 11 am to 6 pm on Sundays. The store has been open throughout the expansion and remodelling.

Tokmanni’s store chain is growing and modernising

Tokmanni has entered into agreements on opening new stores in Kontula in Helsinki, the Keljo district of Jyväskylä and Söderkulla in Sipoo. In addition to opening new stores, Tokmanni has entered into agreements on expanding its stores in the Koskikeskus shopping centre in Tampere and Tammisto in Vantaa.


Tokmanni aims to expand its store network to more than 220 stores in Finland. A list of the most significant changes to the Tokmanni store network between 2016 and 2022 and of forthcoming changes that have already been announced can be found at ir.tokmanni.fi/en/investors/tokmanni-as-an-investment/new_stores.


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For further information, please contact:


Timo Heimo
Vice President, Sales and Supply Chain

Tel. +358 20 728 6051
timo.heimo(at)tokmanni.fi


Harri Koponen
Vice President, Store Network and Concept

Tel. +358 20 728 6030
harri.koponen(at)tokmanni.fi


Maarit Mikkonen
Head of IR and Communications

Tel. +358 40 562 2282
maarit.mikkonen(at)tokmanni.fi


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Tokmanni is Finland’s leading variety discount retailer. Some 4,100 Tokmanni employees make customers’ everyday life and special occasions easier by offering a versatile and up-to-date assortment of Finnish and international brand-name products and other high-quality products at prices that are always affordable. With around 200 stores around Finland and an online store, Tokmanni is always close to its customers. In 2021, Tokmanni’s revenue was EUR 1,142 million, and its comparable EBIT amounted to EUR 106 million. Tokmanni’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.