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Columbus (shopping Centre)
Columbus is a shopping centre in Vuosaari, Helsinki, Finland, right next to the Vuosaari metro station.Kauppakeskukset 2019 Shopping Centre Association of Finland. Accessed on 1 July 2020. It is owned by Citycon. The centre was completed in August 1996. The centre has a total surface area of over . To the north of the shopping centre are located the Mosaiikkitori square and the cultural centre as well as the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokmanni
Tokmanni Group Oyj is a Finnish retail chain, which is also the largest discount store chain in Finland in terms of net sales in 2019. Tokmanni is Finland's only nationwide discount store chain, and at the end of 2019 it had almost 200 stores around the country. History The oldest Finnish low price chain of those who later went into Tokman, was ''Vapaa Valinta'', founded in 1974 in Pirkkala of Juha and Paula Manninen. The Kyösti brothers and Kari Kokkonen founded in 1989 a discount store in Joensuu under the name Okman, which was renamed to Tokmanni in 1991. Later, other low-price chains were founded in the 1970s, for example, by Pirkko and Hannu Vuokila in 1978 founded ''Säästökuoppa'' in Oulu and by Seppo and Paavo Saastamoinen in 1979 founded Maxi-Makasini in Kajaani. During the 1980s, low-cost companies were founded throughout Finland, such as ''Tarjoustalo'' in Hyvinkää in 1980 by Arja and Kari Hautanen, ''Säästöpörssi'' in Karis in 1985 by Timo and Tapio H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesburger
Hesburger (colloquially known in Finland as ''Hese'' and in Estonia as ''Hess'') is a fast food chain based in Turku, Finland. Today, it is the largest hamburger restaurant chain in Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with a market share larger than that of U.S.-based rival McDonald's. It further operates in Ukraine, Germany and Bulgaria. Hesburger primarily purveys fast foods such as hamburgers, fries, salads and desserts. The company name is derived from the nickname of the founder, Heikki "Hese" Salmela. The company also operates ''Hesecafes,'' which sell pastries and specialty coffees, as well as hot dog outlets. Some restaurants provide car wash services. History The chain's history reaches back to 1966, when 20-year old Heikki Salmela opened a street food kiosk in Naantali. He later opened the first Hesburger in 1980 on Kristiinankatu in Turku, which became the first element of the first fast food restaurant chain in Finland. In the 1980s the chain grew fast. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindex
Lindex is a Swedish fashion chain within the Finnish Stockmann Group. The company has around 5000 employees and approximately 480 stores in 18 markets in the Nordic countries, the Baltic States, Central Europe and the Middle East. In addition to sales in store, Lindex also offers their fashion assortment via online shopping in 28 countries: all EU countries plus Norway. The company has had a rapid international expansion and sales growth. The assortment includes several different concepts within women's wear, lingerie, kids’ wear and cosmetics. The history of Lindex In 1954, Ingemar Boman and Bengt Rosell opened the lingerie store Fynd in Alingsås. Shortly thereafter, the Lindex company of Gothenburg was acquired, and this was the name then given in time to all the subsequent stores. During the sixties the lingerie selection was complemented by women's wear, in particular jumpers and blouses. Operations were expanded and the first Lindex store in Norway was opened. Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S-Market
The S Group ( fi, S-ryhmä, sv, S-gruppen) is a Finnish retailing cooperative organisation with its head office in Helsinki. Founded in 1904, it consists of 20 regional cooperatives operating all around Finland in addition to SOK, ''Suomen Osuuskauppojen Keskuskunta'' (The Central Finnish Cooperative Society). S Group operates in the markets for groceries, consumer durables, service station, hotel and restaurant services. It is engaged in close competition with Kesko, with which it shares an oligopolistic position in many of the markets it operates in. The group has businesses in Finland, Estonia, and Russia. The S Group also had businesses in Latvia and Lithuania, but announced withdrawal from these markets in May 2017. The organisation's member (loyalty) card is called ''S-Etukortti''. Ownership A client can invest a small sum on the local co-operative and become a client-owner. (The exact sum is decided by the local co-operative board and varies significantly depe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alko
Alko Inc is the national alcoholic beverage retailing monopoly in Finland. It is the only store in the country which retails beer over 5.5% ABV, wine (except in vineyards) and spirits. Alcoholic beverages are also sold in licensed restaurants and bars but only for consumption on the premises. Alko is required by law to sell drinks with lower alcohol content than 5.5% and non-alcoholic alternatives, but in practice carries a very limited stock of low alcohol beer, cider and non-alcoholic drinks and others as supermarkets are allowed to sell those at a substantially lower price. By law, alcoholic drinks may only be sold to those aged 18 or above. Products As the only retailer of strong alcoholic beverages in Finland, Alko has an extensive range of products ranging from rare wines to bulk vodka. Its wine selection has grown in recent decades as there has been an increase in consumption and a government drive to change Finnish drinking habits to a more "European" style, which me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurinkolahti
Aurinkolahti (meaning "Sunny Bay"; sv, Solvik) is a young and fast-growing sub-neighbourhood of the East Helsinki neighbourhood of Vuosaari, in Helsinki, Finland. Aurinkolahti's original name was ''Mustalahti'' ("Black Bay"), – ''Vuosaari'' (in Finnish) but for marketing reasons the decision was made to update it. History Construction of residential buildings in Aurinkolahti began in 2000 and is still continuing. The completed neighbourhood will have about 7,000 residents. The neighbourhood was planned by the city of Helsinki as a residential area for high-income people, in order to balance the low-income housing in much of East Helsinki and boost the image of Vuosaari. Much of the housing which has been built there to date is upscale condominiums; ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonava
Bonava is a residential development company in Northern Europe, born out of the Swedish construction company NCC AB. Bonava develops and sells homes and neighbourhoods to consumers and investors in selected markets in Sweden, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Norway, St. Petersburg, Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ..., Latvia and Lithuania. The name Bonava comes from the Swedish word "bo" which means living, and "nav" that means hub. Bonava is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange. History * In 1997 NCC acquired SIAB – a company that developed cost-efficient systems for the production of single-family homes and residential houses in Sweden and Germany. * In 2009 NCC Housing becomes a separate business area within NCC, today Bonava. The main objective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulig
Paulig is a Finnish family-owned food and drink company, founded in 1876. The company's brands are Paulig, Santa Maria, Risenta and Poco Loco. Paulig has 2,000 employees in 13 countries and its net sales in 2019 were EUR 921 million. History The history of Paulig began in 1876, when German established a new company in Helsinki. Paulig had arrived in Finland from Lübeck, Germany, in 1871. Finland was undergoing big changes, which brought big opportunities in the business. Paulig imported salt, coffee, spices, flours, port wine and cognac. During the first decades, Paulig's office was located in Helsinki. , Gustav's wife, took care of the company after Gustav died in 1907. Gustav's and Bertha's son, Eduard Paulig, was the managing director of the company from 1919 to 1947. During the era of Eduard Paulig, the company developed into an important company in Finland. In October 2011, Paulig introduced the Cupsolo capsule machine to the market, which can be used to prepare, among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iltalehti
''Iltalehti'' (literally "Evening newspaper") is a tabloid newspaper published in Helsinki, Finland. History and profile ''Iltalehti'' was established in 1980 as afternoon edition of newspaper '' Uusi Suomi''. Alma Media is the owner of ''Iltalehti'' which is based in Helsinki. Its sister newspapers are ''Aamulehti'' and '' Kauppalehti''. ''Iltalehti'' is published in tabloid format six times per week. Petri Hakala served as the editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ... of ''Iltalehti''. On 1 September 2010 Panu Pokkinen was appointed to the post. His term ended in December 2013 when Petri Hakala was reappointed to the post. Circulation The circulation of ''Iltalehti'' was 105,059 copies in 1993. The 2001 circulation of the paper was 134,777 copies, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsingin Uutiset
''Helsingin Uutiset'' () is a free newspaper that has been published in Helsinki, Finland since the early 2020 as six different local editions twice a week, on Wednesdays and weekends. The newspaper has a total of 350 thousand readers. ''Helsingin Uutiset'' 1 March 2019. Accessed on 19 January 2021. Since summer 2019 the editor of ''Helsingin Uutiset'' has been Karri Kannala, who has also worked as a local leader of Etelä-Suomen Media. Previous editors have included |
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