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Retail Asia16/01/2019
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Fast Retailing Group has reported a decline in revenues for Uniqlo Japan against broader successes internationally in its first quarter. A sharp profit decline on sluggish sales of seasonal ranges during a warm winter in Japan has given rise to disappointing results in the Uniqlo brand’s home territory. Uniqlo Japan posted revenues of ¥246.1 billion […]

Retail Asia07/12/2018
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A brand-new store opened last week in Tokyo’s Harajuku fashion district but it has a twist: shoppers are meant to walk away empty-handed. The GU Style Studio store, opened by Asia’s largest clothier and Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing Co., is for customers to try apparel and place orders online for later delivery. They can also try out extra services, such […]

Retail Asia15/11/2018
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Japanese casualwear retailer GU will open a “next-generation” Style Studio in Harajuku this month, merging physical retail and advanced technologies. The studio will feature digital signage and a style creator app in the high-end retail district of Tokyo for the Fast Retailing-owned fashion brand. A spokesperson for the brand indicated the store will bridge online […]

Retail Asia07/11/2018
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Japanese retail sales continued to grow in September with the archipelago nation recording its 11th consecutive month of revenue growth in retail. For the four weeks to September 30, retail sales increased 2.1% on the same period last year, according to data by the Japanese trade ministry. However, the growth was slower compared to August’s […]

Retail Asia01/11/2018
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Uniqlo’s parent, Fast Retailing, has acquired a 35 per cent stake in Hanoi-based women’s fashion brand Elise. Elise, which has more than 100 stores across the country, is said to have received tens of millions of dollars from the deal – a figure much higher than its entire charter capital. This is Fast Retailing’s first […]

Retail Asia18/10/2018
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Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing has reported a record full-year profit, due to strong growth in Asia and lessening losses in the US. And the company says current year performance to date suggests even better results lie ahead. Fast Retailing profit rose 34 per cent to US$2.11 billion in the year to August. In July the […]

Retail Asia16/10/2018
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New York-based clothing label, Theory, known for its minimalist, precisely tailored wardrobe essentials, has opened its first online store in China on Alibaba’s Tmall e-commerce platform and its dedicated site for high-end shoppers, Tmall Luxury Pavilion. The stores offer all items in Theory’s womenswear and menswear collections available in its brick-and-mortar stores, including its newest Good […]

Retail Asia04/09/2018
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Uniqlo Vietnam will launch next year. The Japanese fast-fashion brand says it will open its first store in Ho Chi Minh City in the second quarter of next year, with the exact location to be advised later. The Uniqlo Vietnam launch announcement follows successful debuts in the fast-growing market by archrivals H&M from Sweden and […]

Retail Asia20/07/2018
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Uniqlo’s sister brand G.U. is coming to Korea in September and will open its first store in the Lotte World Mall in Jamsil, Southern Seoul. Due to open on 14 Sept., the store will be 1,400 square meters (15,069 square feet) on the first basement floor. The brand’s parent company is Japan’s Fast Retailing, best […]

Retail Asia21/05/2018
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Fast Retailing Group brand Gu plans to launch in South Korea this year with a store in Lotte World Mall in Jamsil, Seoul. With the brand message “Your freedom”, the Japanese clothing store will have a sales floor area of 1400sqm and offer items for women, men and children. “Launching in such a fashion-conscious country […]

Retail Asia19/01/2018
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Japan’s Fast Retailing plans to launch its Uniqlo clothing brand in Sweden with an initial store in Stockholm this year. Taking on its rival H&M in its home market, it marks the cut-price brand’s debut in the Nordic region. Uniqlo has fewer than 70 stores in all of Europe, and Fast Retailing CEO Tadashi Yanai […]

Retail Asia15/01/2018
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Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing has reported a record first quarter profit as international sales eclipsed its domestic revenue for the first time. While Fast Retailing sales in Japan rose 8 per cent to 257 billion yen (US$2.31 billion) for the first quarter ended November, overseas sales surged 31 per cent to 258.2 billion yen. “Southeast […]

Retail Asia28/11/2017
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Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing has applied to open stores in India. The Japanese fast-fashion giant has filed an application with India’s Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion to do business in the country under the Uniqlo brand. “India is a market with great potential,” says Fast Retailing spokeswoman Pei-Chi Tung. The company has long been interested in […]


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