Japanese retail group Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. concluded the first half of its 2024/25 fiscal year with record sales and earnings. Given the recent surprisingly positive performance, the parent company of the Uniqlo clothing chain raised its full-year profit forecast on Thursday. In the first half, which ended on February 28, consolidated revenue...
Apr 10, 2025
Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo has announced plans to open four new stores in Ontario and Quebec, Canada this spring. This includes locations in Maple View shopping center in Burlington and Union Station in Toronto, Ontario, Place Stefoy in Québec City, and Galeries d'Anjou in Montréal, Québec. The first of the four stores to open is the one...
Mar 14, 2025
In the first quarter, revenues at Fast Retailing rose to 895.1 billion yen, up 10.4 percent and business profit increased to 156.9 billion yen, up 11 percent. Operating profit for the quarter rose by 7.4 percent to 157.5 billion yen. The company is maintaining its initial estimates for FY25 of consolidated revenue of 3.4 trillion yen, up 9.5...
Jan 9, 2025
Fast Retailing’s chief executive, Tadashi Yanai, has claimed that the company’s core brand, Uniqlo, does not use cotton sourced from China’s Xinjiang region in its products. Yanai addressed the concern to the BBC, to which he confirmed that the company was not utilising cotton from this district, before stating: “It gets too political if I say...
Nov 29, 2024
Uniqlo Japan reported a 7.5 percent decrease in October same-store sales including online sales. The company’s total sales including online sales decreased by 5.9 percent. The company part of the Fast Retailing Group, attributed same-store sales decrease in October to persistently hot weather negatively affecting sales of winter ranges. On...
Nov 5, 2024
Fast Retailing revenue crossed 3 trillion yen, up 12.2 percent and operating profit over 500 billion yen, up 31.4 percent, while profit attributable to owners of the parent of 371.9 billion yen, increased by 25.6 percent. The company plans to offer a year-end dividend of 225 yen per share. The company said in a statement that when added to the...
Oct 10, 2024
September 2024 same-store sales including online sales increased by 22.1 percent at Uniqlo Japan, while total sales including online sales increased by 24.7 percent. The company, part of the Fast Retailing Group said in a release that same-store sales expanded significantly year on year in September on the back of strong sales of summer ranges...
Oct 2, 2024
Fast Retailing-owned Gu has made its first solid steps into the US with the launch of an e-commerce site, app and flagship store, located in New York City. The Uniqlo sister brand had initially tested the US waters back in autumn 2022 when it opened a pop-up store, allowing it to introduce its products to new customers and thus “greatly fuel...
Sep 20, 2024
Japanese retailer Uniqlo has appointed British designer Clare Waight Keller as its creative director. Waight Keller, the former creative director for leading fashion houses, including Chloé, Givenchy, and Pringle of Scotland, will be responsible for Uniqlo’s mainline collection, including menswear, from autumn/winter 2024. The new role is an...
Sep 4, 2024
Fast Retailing, the parent company of Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo and sister brand GU, has shared additional plans for the opening of its first GU flagship store in the US. Set to open at 578 Broadway in SoHo, New York City, on September 19, the debut flagship store opening will coincide with the launch of its US ecommerce store. The new...
Aug 20, 2024
Uniqlo Japan’s July same-store sales including online sales increased by 8.1 percent year on year while total sales including online sales increased by 9.6 percent. The company, part of the Fast Retailing Group said in a release that the same-store sales increased in July as persistently hot weather boosted sales of summer items, and new...
Aug 2, 2024
Fast Retailing, the Japanese parent company of Uniqlo, continues to outperform in the apparel sector, defying the broader economic slowdown with its third consecutive year of record profits. The company's success is attributed to its focus on affordable basics, which remain in demand even as consumer sentiment wanes, the Financial Times said....
Jul 12, 2024