Home Oura Shop Support Community Press Home Oura Shop Support Community Press Ōura BUY NOW Press 06/06/2016 Elisa Kulma the first in Europe to sell the ŌURA wellness ring Translation from Finnish press release published by Elisa Corporation, June 6, 2016 Developed in Finland, the ŌURA wellness ring will be available from Elisa Kulma from next week onwards. The first theme of Elisa Kulma will be “You are how you move.” ŌURA is a ring computer which measures the quality of sleep, activity level and recovery, and it includes a companion mobile app. The ring has been designed by internationally renowed designer Harri Koskinen together with Ouraring ́s CTO & Head of Design Kari Kivelä. “ŌURA is a unique innovation in terms of wearable technology, as is Elisa Kulma in its field in terms of themes and ideas. We are happy that Elisa Kulma is the first in Europe to sell ŌURA. Being involved in innovative startups and developing their activities is important to Elisa. In this way, we can also speed up the development of digital society,” says Tiina Kuusisto, vice president of consumer marketing, customer relations and online sales at Elisa. From Oulu to the world Started in Oulu in spring 2013, the ŌURA ring has raised much attention both in Finland and abroad. Earlier this year, the Finnish innovation received the highly valued CES 2016 Best of Innovation award at the world’s largest consumer electronics event in Las Vegas. “It is a wonderful opportunity to, for the first time in Finland, to place ŌURA available to everyone through a new concept, such as Elisa Kulma,” says Tommi Pyykönen, COO of the supply chain and customer care. The wellness ring autonomously measures and analyses the user’s heart rate, heart rate variability, changes in body temperature and movements. The ring automatically transfers the analysed data to the smartphone app via Bluetooth, offering the user an individual and comprehensive view of the quality of sleep, activity and recovery. “Our goal has been, from the very beginning, to create a one-of-a-kind user experience, through which users learn to understand how they can, through daily selections, improve their physical and mental wellbeing and performance. Elisa Kulma offers an excellent and unique opportunity to know what the new Finnish wearable technology product looks and feels like,” says Kari Kivelä. The ŌURA ring is available in black or white, with prices starting from €329. Elisa Kulma press conference on Tuesday, 14 June A press conference related to the opening of Elisa Kulma will be held on Tuesday, 14 June, including representatives of ŌURA and ŌURA rings. The event will be held in Elisa Kulma, Aleksanterinkatu 19, on Tuesday, 14 June. The event starts at 8:30 am. Registrations: mediadesk@elisa.fi Additional information: Tiina Kuusisto, tiina.kuusisto@elisa.fi, +358 50 5051145 ŌURA/contact requests and additional information: Virpi Tuomivaara, virpi.tuomivaara@ouraring.com www.ouraring.com Elisa is a data communications, ICT and online service company with 2.3 million customers, consisting of consumers, companies and public administration organisations. Elisa provides eco-friendly communication and entertainment services, as well as tools for improving the functionality and productivity of organisations. In Finland, Elisa is the market leader in mobile subscriptions. Cooperation with Vodafone and Telenor allows internationally competitive services. Elisa is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Major Companies list, and it has approximately 200,000 shareholders. In 2015, Elisa’s revenue was EUR 1.57 billion, and the company employed 4,100 people. www.elisa.fi Ouraring is currently working with a number of significant research institutes, universities and sleep clinics, mainly in the United States. Research organisations and clinics have shown specific interest in ŌURA because it offers not only a comfortable and easy measuring method, but also unique and accurate information and a long-term view of factors affecting the quality of sleep and their relation with daily activity, physical load and performance. The company operates in Oulu, Helsinki and San Francisco. In addition to the CES 2016 Best of Innovation award, the product received the Fitness Award of the American Women’s Health Magazine in May 2016. 06/06/2016 Elisa Kulma the first in Europe to sell the ŌURA wellness ring 06/06/2016 Elisa Kulma myy ensimmäisenä Euroopassa ŌURA- hyvinvointisormusta 27/04/2016 Ouraring announces participation in the Third International Regenerative Medicine Conference in the Vatican, April 28 – 30, 2016 11/11/2015 Ouraring Secures $2.3M in Seed Funding 11/11/2015 ŌURA -hyvinvointisormukselle 2.1 miljoonaa euroa – Seed-rahoituskierroksella mukana Mårten Mickos ja muita nimekkäitä kansainvälisiä sijoittajia 10/11/2015 ŌURA – the CES 2016 BEST OF INNOVATION Awards honoree 27/08/2015 Sanmina and Ouraring announce agreement to produce innovative wearable device for improving sleep quality and performance 25/08/2015 Sanmina ja Ouraring julkistivat Ōura hyvinvointisormuksen valmistussopimuksen 19/08/2015 ŌURA announces pre-order campaign of the world´s first wellness ring and cooperation with Curious Inc. 19/08/2015 ŌURA社は、世界初のウェルネスリングのプレオーダーキャンペーンと Curious Inc.社との協業を発表しました。(Press release in Japanese) Press kit Contact us Oura ring About — ŌURA Shop Support Community Press Terms of Use Privacy Policy Returns Newsletter Join Us On — support@ouraring.com Website designed & developed by Evermade ŌURA Ring sizing kit + ordering process Once you’ve selected your ring color and placed your order, we’ll send you an ŌURA Ring sizing kit. This sizing kit contains eight plastic sample rings in sizes 6 – 13. This will allow you to determine which finger will be the most comfortable for you to wear your ŌURA Ring. We suggest you wear the sample ring for a full 24-hours to make sure it doesn’t interfere with your daily activities. Once you’ve determined which finger works best, please email orders@ouraring.com and let us know which size ring you’d like and your order number and we’ll pack and ship your ring. Once you are done with the ŌURA Ring sizing kit, we encourage you to share it with friends or colleagues and tell them to do the same. We’d like to think these sizing rings will make their way around the world, helping people sleep and perform better. Kiitos, Team ŌURA Shipping, customs and tariffs When you buy an item on the internet from a country other than where you live, the item must be “imported” to you from that country. When you buy an item online there is a shipping fee – sometimes this is free – but usually for international shipping there is a fee. The shipping fee charged by the retailer only covers the shipping and handling of your order from the retailer’s warehouse to your address. Then, the customs service, a government agency of your country, may charge you additional customs fee for the item you are buying. The seller has no control over this and is very difficult to anticipate. The fees can vary greatly and are usually a percentage of the products value. These percentages vary by country but here are some estimates: USA: 7%-10% Canada: 8% EU: 10-15% These fees will have to be paid by you when the item is delivered or received at your local post office. The local customs office will not release your order until you settle these custom fees with them. The seller cannot pay these fees in advance or on your behalf. Why are there fees and tariffs on these items? This is done to ensure that your country receives money for taxation. Most countries have a minimum limit whereby items with a value under that limit are are not taxed. Then custom duties are based on the items category and whether or not your country produces the same products. For example, if your country has a strong leather industry, then the leather industry in your country forces the government to increase import duties to make other countries companies products competing in the same market more expensive. It’s a way that companies force their governments to protect local markets and inhibit foreign trade. Customs duty – this is usually charged as a percentage of the value. The percentage varies depending on the type of goods and their country of origin. Duty is charged on the price paid for the goods including any local sales taxes plus postage, packing and insurance costs. However, postage is excluded from the calculation for duty on gifts sent by post except for Express Mail Service (EMS). Under international postal agreements the sender must complete a customs declaration which in most cases should be affixed to the package. The declaration includes a description of the goods, the value and whether they are gifts or commercial items. Any Post Office abroad should be able to give advice to the sender. Example: Markets in the EU are highly protected. As such, import duties are high. Most goods arriving in the EU from outside the EU are liable to any or all of the following taxes: customs duty excise duty import VAT and must be paid whether: you purchase the goods or receive them as a gift; the goods are new or used (including antiques) the goods are for your private use or for sale Most goods arriving in the UK from outside the EU are liable to any or all of the following taxes: customs duty excise duty import VAT and must be paid whether: you purchase the goods or receive them as a gift; the goods are new or used (including antiques) the goods are for your private use or for sale Goods sent as a gift are not free of import duties and import VAT. However, customs duty will not be collected if the amount is less than £7, and import VAT is not chargeable if: the value of the gift does not exceed £36 the customs declaration is completed correctly the gift has been sent from a private person outside the EU to a private person(s) in their country the gift is for the use of either yourself or your family there is no commercial or trade element and the gift has not been paid for either directly or indirectly the gift is of an occasional nature only (eg, for a birthday or anniversary). Fast Parcel Operators may charge you for processing your package through Customs. These charges are normally collected together with any duty/taxes on delivery but they are not Customs duties. If you need to know the exact cost of these extra charges in advance, you should contact the seller and ask which carrier they will be using to send your goods. You can then contact the carrier and ask what their charges will be. 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