Difficulties at Tokmanni, now luck is coming Puuilo – “We do things in a different way”

The low-cost company that announced its results on Wednesday morning Confused is expanding to Sweden, and the preparatory work has progressed according to plans, said the company’s CEO Juha Saarela Directly from Kauppalehti In the Talousamau program on Wednesday.

“We have done the first recruitment. The country manager has been hired and we have activated the acquisition of store locations,” Saarela revealed.

According to Saarela, the first stores are to be opened in the next few months or next year at the latest.

A competing discount company Tokmanni expanded to Sweden through the Dollarstore acquisition, and the road has been rocky. The news manager who interviewed Saarela Jussi Rosendahl inquired whether Tokmanni is a warning example for Puuilo.

“We have a different strategy when it comes to internationalization. We go organically. We open stores according to our concept and we do this in a different way,” said Saarela.

On Wednesday, Talousamaumi also covered the general meeting period and dividends of the Helsinki Stock Exchange. In addition, the broadcast heard about the deterioration of Finland’s economic growth prospects. You can watch Wednesday’s Economic Morning in its entirety below.