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Uniqlo

January 01, 1970

Uniqlo Co., Ltd. (株式会社ユニクロ, Kabushiki-gaisha Yunikuro) (US: /ˈjuːnikloʊ/ YOO-nee-kloh;[1] Japanese pronunciation: [jɯnikɯɾo]) is a Japanese casual wear designer, fast-fashion manufacturer and retailer.[2] The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.[3]

Uniqlo Co., Ltd.
株式会社ユニクロ
Uniqlo flagship store in Umeda
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFashion
Founded2 June 1984; 39 years ago (1984-06-02)
Headquarters717-1, Sayama, Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi 754-0894, Japan
Key people
Tadashi Yanai (CHM, Pres., CEO)
Takahiro Wakabayashi (SVP)
Products
Number of employees
30,000+ employees
ParentFast Retailing Co., Ltd.
(2005–present)
Websiteuniqlo.com

History edit

 
Uniqlo flagship store in Shinsaibashisuji, Osaka

Origins in Japan edit

A Yamaguchi-based company, Ogori Shōji (which, until then, had been operating men's clothing shops called "Men's Shop OS") was founded in March 1949 in Ube, Yamaguchi.[4]

On 2 June 1984, it opened a unisex casual wear store in Fukuro-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, under the name "Unique Clothing Warehouse".[5] Initially, the brand was going to be registered as a shortened contraction of "unique clothing".[6] However, in 1988, during administration work in Hong Kong for registering the brand, the "C" in the contracted name was misread as "Q". Tadashi Yanai, the head of the family retail conglomerate, liked the sound of the error and shortened the name to "Uniqlo" across Japan.[7][8] In September 1991, the name of the company was changed from "Ogori Shōji" to "Fast Retailing", and by April 1994, there were over 100 Uniqlo stores operating throughout Japan.[citation needed]

Private-label strategy edit

In 1997, Fast Retailing adopted a set of strategies from American retailer The Gap, known as "SPA" (for specialty-store/retailer of private-label apparel), meaning that they would produce their own clothing and sell it exclusively.[citation needed] They engaged the retail brand consultancy, CIA, Inc./The Brand Architect Group, to guide the company through the realization of this strategy, including consulting on merchandise, visual merchandising and display, store design and a new logo designed by Richard Seireeni and Sy Chen of The Brand Architect Group's Los Angeles office.[citation needed] Uniqlo had begun outsourcing their clothing manufacturing to factories in China where labour was cheap, a well-established corporate practice.[citation needed] Japan was in the depths of a recession at the time, and the low-cost goods proved popular.[9] Their advertising campaigns, clothing quality and new retail layouts also proved fruitful.[10]

In creating its clothing lines, Uniqlo embraces both shun and kino-bi. Shun [旬] means 'timing, best timing, but also at the same time it's a trend,' something that's updated and just in time, neither early nor late. The company offers clothing basics, but basics that are current, that respond to what's going on today in art and design. Kino-bi [機能美] means function and beauty, joined together: the clothing is presented in an organized, rational manner, and that very organization and rationality creates an artistic pattern and rhythm. All these qualities reflect the defining characteristics of modern Japanese culture, modern 'Japaneseness.'

— Nobuo Domae, CEO, Uniqlo USA (April 2007)[1]

In November 1998, it opened their first urban Uniqlo store in Tokyo's trendy Harajuku district, and outlets soon spread to major cities throughout Japan.[citation needed] In 2001, sales turnover and gross profit reached a new peak, with over 500 retail stores in Japan.[citation needed] When Uniqlo decided to expand overseas, it separated Uniqlo from the parent company,[1] and established Fast Retailing (Jiangsu) Apparel Co., Ltd. in China. In 2002, their first Chinese Uniqlo outlet was opened in Shanghai along with four overseas outlets in London and Basingstoke England.[citation needed]

On 1 November 2005, Fast Retailing transferred the business related to clothing manufacturing and retailing to Sun Road Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary that operated golf courses through a company split (absorption-type split), and became a holding company. On the same day, Sun Road changed its name to Uniqlo Co., Ltd.

2005 saw more overseas expansion, with stores opening in the United States (New York City), Hong Kong (Tsim Sha Tsui) and South Korea (Seoul), their South Korean expansion being part of a joint venture with Lotte.[citation needed] As of year-end 2005, in addition to its overseas holdings, Uniqlo had around 700 stores within Japan.[citation needed] By 2006, sales were $4 billion.[1] By April 2007, the company had set a global sales goal of $10 billion and a ranking among the top five global retailers, joining what at the time was Gap, H&M, Inditex and Limited Brands.[1]

Fast Retailing signed a design consulting contract for Uniqlo products with fashion designer Jil Sander in March 2009.[11] Sander was appointed creative director of the brand's menswear and womenswear – as well as launching a new label, +J collection, which won the 2011 Brit Insurance Design Fashion Award.[12]

Shiatzy Chen was approached by Uniqlo to produce a capsule collection of ready-to-wear pieces to launch in November 2010, while Asia's largest Uniqlo store outside Japan opened its doors in Kuala Lumpur in the same month.[citation needed]

 
Uniqlo jeans at their Tokyo store

Uniqlo first opened its roadside store in Japan in 1985 and it has now many roadside stores in Japan and five other countries in South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia.[13]

On 2 September 2009, Fast Retailing announced that the company would target annual group sales of 5 trillion yen (approx. US$61.2 billion) and pretax profit from operations of 1 trillion yen (approx. US$12.2 billion) by 2020. This means that the company is aiming to become the world's biggest specialty retailer of private label apparel with a continuous growth rate of 20% per year. The figure breaks down as one trillion yen from Uniqlo's Japan business, three trillion yen from its international business, and one trillion yen from "Japan-related and global brand business."[clarify] The company's international business target breaks down as one trillion yen in China, one trillion in other Asian countries and one trillion in Europe and the United States.[14]

On September 27, 2012, Uniqlo, collaborated with Japanese tech retailer Bic Camera, to open a store in Shinjuku called Bicqlo.[15] It opened at the former site of a Mitsukoshi department store. The store is now a regular Bic Camera store after Uniqlo sold its lease of the building on June 19, 2022.

Launched in January 2017, "Art for All" was a partnership with New York art dealer and curator Jeffrey Deitch. The project involved selling, for under $100 per item, 65 limited-edition products made by commissioned artists such as Marie Roberts, Starlee Kine and Ken Kagami.[16]

Beginning in 2017, Uniqlo has collaborated with designer Johnathan Anderson on multiple menswear collections.[17] As of 2023, the designer is still working with Uniqlo on limited collections.[18]

In late 2017, Uniqlo debuted a line of 3D knit garments, developed through a joint venture with knitwear machine company Shima Seiki.[19] The technology allows a garment to be knit in one piece with minimal waste and no seamlines. It also allows for a finer level of shaping and fit compared to classic knitwear production techniques.[20] As of 2023, Uniqlo is still selling 3D knit pieces.[21]

In October 2018, Uniqlo collaborated with designer Alexander Wang to create a line of Heattech layerable basics including tank tops, leggings, underwear and bodysuits.[22]

On 3 June 2019, artist and recent Dior Homme collaborator KAWS participed on KAWS x UNIQLO UT. "Perhaps because all the other collections were the subdued Uniqlo trademark, KAWS’s subversive art was able to stand out all the more."

In November 2022, Uniqlo opens a new remake and repair service in Tokyo. Re. Uniqlo Repair Studio, offers same day repairs and custom remakes of clothing purchased at Uniqlo. It is open for a trial run until 31 March 2023.[23] This was previously introduced at stores in Germany, the UK and US.[24]

On 16 August 2023, Uniqlo announced a line with designer Clare Waight Keller, former creative director of luxury brands Chloé and Givenchy.[25] The 34-piece fall collection launched in September 2023 across 1,500 stores globally as well as online.[26]

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    Former Uniqlo logo used from October 1998, continued to be used alongside the current logo in Japan until 2009.
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    Current Uniqlo logo used since November 2006.

International operations edit

 
Map of countries with Uniqlo stores

By August 2023, the company forecasts it will operate 3,747 stores worldwide.[27][28]

Australia edit

 
Uniqlo in Perth, Australia

Uniqlo opened its first Australian store in Melbourne in April 2014.[29] It expanded into Queensland the following year, with the introduction of two shops in Brisbane.[29] Uniqlo opened a shop in Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Victoria, the largest shopping centre in the southern hemisphere, in October 2016 when it was redeveloped.[30] Uniqlo opened its first store in the Australian capital Canberra on 26 October 2023 in Canberra Centre.[31] As of 15 November 2023, there are 36 stores in Australia including in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, and Canberra.[32]

Belgium edit

The first Belgian Uniqlo store opened in October 2015 at Meir, Antwerp.[33] A second store followed at the Wijnegem Shopping Center on 25 March in the same year.[34] 19 October 2017 saw the opening of a third store in Brussels.[35] Uniqlo store in Wijnegem Shopping Center has closed in 2022.[36] There were 3 stores in Belgium as of May 2023.[28]

Canada edit

 
Uniqlo in Metropolis at Metrotown, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Uniqlo opened their first Canadian outlet at the Toronto Eaton Centre on 30 September 2016, followed by a second outlet at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre on 20 Octobers 2016.[37] Measuring at 28,000 and 24,000 square feet, both outlet are five times the size of the Muji outlet that opened in Toronto in 2014.[38] Three new Ontario outlets opened in 2018 at Vaughan Mills, CF Markville and Square One Shopping Centre.[39] The first Oshawa outlet opened at the Oshawa Centre in March 2019 and the first Newmarket outlet opened at the Upper Canada Mall in April 2019, bringing the total number of Ontario outlets in to seven.[40] The first British Columbia and Western Canada outlet opened at Burnaby's Metropolis at Metrotown in October 2017,[41] followed by Surrey's Guildford Town Centre[42] and Richmond Centre[43] in Richmond, BC. The Coquitlam Centre outlet in Coquitlam, BC on 14 September 2018.[44][45] The West Edmonton Mall outlet opened on 27 September 2019.[46][47] The first Quebec outlet opened on 23 October 2020 at the Montreal Eaton Centre (formerly Eaton's and Les Ailes de la Mode). The first Ottawa outlet opened on 16 June 2023 and the first Calgary outlet opened on 25 August 2023, bringing number of outlets to 14 stores in Canada.[28][48][49]

China edit

 
Uniqlo in Sanlitun, Beijing, China

Uniqlo entered the Chinese mainland market in 2002. As of August 2021, there were 832 stores in China, including in Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Shijia, Tianjin and Xi'an.[50][28] "Given the population of 1.3 billion, I think we can go for about 3,000 stores," Fast Retailing chief Tadashi Yanai told The Nikkei in 2020, indicating plans to continue opening locations in the world's most populous country.[51]

In May 2011, the magazine Shukan Bunshun[clarification needed] published a story alleging that Uniqlo had forced employees at its stores and factories in China to work long hours for little pay. In response, Uniqlo unsuccessfully sued the weekly's publisher, Bungeishunjū, for ¥220 million for libel.[52][53]

A 2015 online video of a couple having sex in a Beijing Uniqlo store changing room became notorious among Chinese internet users. Chinese police arrested at least five people in connection with the incident, allegedly including the couple and three other disseminators of the video, for having 'severely violated socialist core values'.[54] The New York Times noted that the store's exterior had become a popular venue for people to gather and take pictures in sexual poses reminiscent of the video.[55]

Denmark edit

In April 2019, Uniqlo opened its first Danish flagship store in Copenhagen at Strøget. It became the second country to open a Uniqlo store in Scandinavia after Sweden.[56]

France edit

As of May 2024, there were 28 stores in France, 9 of those were in Paris.[28] On 17 November 2014, Uniqlo opened its first store in eastern France (and the second store in France outside Greater Paris) in the city of Strasbourg.[57] Uniqlo currently has stores in many other major cities including Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes and Toulouse.

Germany edit

Uniqlo's German flagship store opened on 11 April 2014 at Tauentzienstraße, Berlin.[58] Uniqlo then opened a store in Stuttgart (2016), Cologne, Düsseldorf (2018) and Hamburg (2020).[59][60][61][62] By 2021 the company operated ten stores in Germany, six of which were in Berlin.[63][28] It was reported in 2023 that Uniqlo would open another flagship store in Munich in the historic Old Academy building.[64]

India edit

Uniqlo opened its first Indian store New Delhi in October 2019 and in November it opened in Gurugram, following the company's announcement about the same on 9 May 2018.[65] The company will set up a wholly owned subsidiary in India.[66] First flagship store in Mumbai opened on 6 October 2023 at Phoenix Marketcity and the second store in Mumbai opened on 20 October at Oberoi Mall.[67][68]

As of October 2023, there are 12 stores in India.

Indonesia edit

 
Uniqlo in Tunjungan Plaza, Surabaya, Indonesia

On 22 June 2013, Uniqlo opened its first Indonesian store at Lotte Mall (formerly Lotte Shopping Avenue), Ciputra World 1, Jakarta.[69][70] It has 73 stores as of April 2024, spreading east to Balikpapan, Bandung, Banjarmasin, Cirebon, Denpasar, Makassar, Manado, Mataram, Pontianak, Samarinda, Semarang, Surakarta, Surabaya and Yogyakarta, and west to Batam, Jambi, Lampung, Medan, Palembang and Pekanbaru.[71] On 9 April 2021, its Indonesian flagship and most iconic store opened at Pondok Indah Mall 3, Jakarta.[72][73] On 28 October 2022, Uniqlo opened its first roadside store in Indonesia at Heritage Lifestyle Hub in Bandung, West Java,[74] thus became the sixth country outside Japan to get a Uniqlo roadside store. The second Uniqlo roadside store as well as its first neighborhood store in Indonesia opened at One District at Puri in Metland Cyber Puri in Tangerang, Banten on 26 May 2023.[75] The third Uniqlo roadside store in Indonesia opened at Hive Kota Harapan Indah in Bekasi, West Java on 26 April 2024.

Italy edit

In September 2019, Uniqlo opened its first Italian flagship store in Milan at Piazza Cordusio square.[76] In April 2024, Uniqlo opened an another flagship store in Rome at Via del Corso street in the old-styled commercial facility of Galleria Alberto Sordi.[77]

Luxembourg edit

In October 2023, Uniqlo opened its first flagship store in Luxembourg, in Luxembourg City at Grand Rue Avenue. The store covers 950 square meters on three floors.[78]

Malaysia edit

 
Uniqlo roadside store in Bandar Sri Damansara

On 4 November 2010, Uniqlo opened its first store in Malaysia, in Fahrenheit 88 located in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.[79] As of October 2021, Uniqlo now has 48 outlets located across Malaysia, including an online store.[79][28] Malaysia became the fifth country outside Japan to get a Uniqlo roadside store.[80] The 15,100-square feet store, located in Bandar Sri Damansara was opened in December 2020.[81]

Netherlands edit

The first Dutch Uniqlo store was opened at the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam on 28 September 2018. The official opening was marred by protests against Uniqlo's unethical business practices in its factory in Jakarta, Indonesia. As of August 2021, a second store was opened at the Grote Marktstraat in The Hague.[28]

Philippines edit

Uniqlo's first store in the Philippines opened at the SM Mall of Asia on 15 June 2012.[82] On its sixth anniversary, the company opened its flagship store in the country at Glorietta 5 in Makati, it opened on 5 October 2018. The store is the biggest in Southeast Asia.[83]

Uniqlo has partnered with the SM Group's SM Retail Inc. to bring the brand to the Philippines.[84] As of August 2023, there were 72 stores in Philippines.[28]

Poland edit

In October 2022, Uniqlo opened its first Polish store in Warsaw's Junior shopping centre. The store covers 1,500 square metres on two floors.[85]

South Korea edit

 
Uniqlo in Lotte World Mall, Seoul, South Korea

Uniqlo (유니클로) generated more than 2 billion won ($1.7 million) in one day's sales on 11 November 2011 when it opened Asia's largest flagship store in central Seoul. The sales figure was the highest ever set by a fashion outlet in Korea. Uniqlo earns over US$1.2 billion in annual revenue with 134 shops in South Korea.[28] Lotte owns 49% of Uniqlo's Korean subsidiary.[86]

On 6 December 2020, the flagship store in Myeong-dong was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and anti-Japanese protests.[87]

Singapore edit

As of 2024, Uniqlo had 29 stores in Singapore. Uniqlo opened its first store in Singapore on 9 April 2009 in Tampines 1, which has been closed down on 17 January 2021 and instead, a new store at Tampines Mall was opened on 5 February 2021 and has the similar format as Bugis+, ION Orchard, JEM, Orchard Central and Plaza Singapura which has two floors, one for men and one for women.[88] The first Global Flagship Store opened on 2 September 2016 at Orchard Central replacing 313 @ Somerset. Numerous expansion plans were unveiled in 2020 and Uniqlo ION Orchard and Plaza Singapura, were also heavily expanded and is called "Uniqlotown" for Orchard Road.[89]

Spain edit

Uniqlo began operations in Spain in 2016[90] with its online store, and in September 2017 opened its flagship store in Barcelona[90] (Passeig de Gràcia). It also owns three more stores in Barcelona[91][92] and two stores in Madrid. As of May 2023, there were 6 stores in Spain.[28]

Sweden edit

In August 2018, Uniqlo opened its first Swedish store in Stockholm at Kungsträdgården square.[93] As of May 2023, there were 3 stores in Sweden, also in Gothenburg and Solna.[94][95]

Taiwan edit

 
Uniqlo store in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan.

Uniqlo opened its first store in Taiwan on 5 October 2010 at Hankyu Department Store in Taipei.[96] Then, on 23 September 2011, Uniqlo opened its sixth flagship store worldwide in Ming Yao Department Store in Taipei, which covers an area of 3,630 m2 (39,100 sq ft) across four floors with 39 fitting rooms and 45 cashier counters.[97][98] As of June 2022, there are 70 stores in Taiwan.[99][100]

Thailand edit

Uniqlo opened its first store in Thailand on the 9th of September 2011 at Central World. As of August 2023, there were 64 stores in Thailand.[101]

United Kingdom edit

As of May 2023, There were 17 stores in the UK, 11 of those were in London. Ambitious expansion plans in the early 2000s were reversed, with 16 shops being closed in 2003,[102] including those in Manchester,[103] Coventry,[104] and Leicester. Uniqlo opened a brand new shop in Manchester on Market Street in April 2019.[105] Uniqlo opened its first Scottish flagship store in Edinburgh on Princes Street in April 2024.[106]

United States edit

 
Uniqlo's flagship store in Chicago on the Magnificent Mile closed in 2021

In September 2005, Uniqlo opened its first United States store in the Menlo Park Mall located in Edison, New Jersey.[107] In November 2006, Uniqlo opened its first global flagship store in the SoHo fashion district of Manhattan, New York City. New fashion designers joined the store's team to boost and rebirth fashion concepts catering to the US market.[108] Uniqlo opened its first store in California in April 2012 at Square Area, San Francisco.[109]

As part of Fast Retailing's 2020 plan, the company has stated that it plans to generate $10 billion in annual sales in the United States from 200 stores, which will lead to a location in every major U.S. city. This goal was stated when the company's only U.S. presence was its handful of stores in the New York City area,[110] soon after the company began an expansion in the United States.

In October 2015, Uniqlo opened its first store in the Midwest with a Chicago store on Michigan Avenue.[111] The Michigan Avenue flagship closed in 2021.[112][113] Uniqlo opened its first store in Florida at Disney Springs, Orlando in July 2016 and the first store in Hawaii at Ala Moana Center, Honolulu in 2018.[114][115]

In October 2019, Uniqlo signed a lease for its first North American distribution center in Phillipsburg, NJ, leasing a space of over 950,000 sq ft.[116] As of September 2023, there were 50 stores in the U.S.[28]

It was reported in January 2024 that Uniqlo would open its first Texas store in Houston this fall. Uniqlo also announced that it would open two more stores in Texas in 2024, including in Dallas and Arlington.[117]

Vietnam edit

On 17 October 2019, Uniqlo officially arranged the first store in Vietnam, which is expected to open at the end of 2019 in District 1, the center of Ho Chi Minh City. Located on a corner of Le Thanh Ton and Dong Khoi streets, UNIQLO Dong Khoi is located right in front of Parkson Saigon Tourist Plaza, one of the most popular and widely known shopping destinations.[118] Uniqlo opened a second store on 6 March 2020 in Hanoi in the popular shopping center "Vincom Center Phạm Ngọc Thạch". The store covers 760 square meters on two floors.

As of June 2023, there were 17 stores in Vietnam.[28]

Controversies edit

 
Window sign in Shinjuku, 2010.

In January 2015, a number of labor rights violations were reported at Uniqlo suppliers in China.[119][120][121][122] Uniqlo pledged to remedy the violations.[123][124]

In June 2015, Chinese Uniqlo factory demonstrated after a factory closure, with support from the Hong Kong-based activist group Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM).[125][126]

In November 2015, investigations into the measures Uniqlo introduced in the wake of the January 2015 revelations found that the remedies had been only partially successful, with significant violations continuing to occur.[127][128]

In October 2016, the report This Way to Dystopia: Exposing UNIQLO's Abuse of Chinese Garment Workers[129] by SACOM and War on Want claimed that it was still the case that "excessive overtime, low pay, dangerous working conditions and oppressive management" were common in Uniqlo factories in China and Cambodia.

In 2019, a number of Australian workers reported that bullying and harassment is rife, there were "shouting rooms", and a toxic work culture. They claimed they had to work 18-hour days, had to fold seven shirts per minute, and that everyone leaves with "some form of PTSD".[130][131]

Also in 2019, an international Uniqlo advert was uniquely subtitled for the South Korean market in a manner widely perceived there to have trivialized the trauma of comfort women.[132][133][134][135]

In January 2021, Uniqlo shirts were blocked at the US border over concerns of violations related to a ban on cotton products produced in the Xinjiang region of China due to reports of forced labour. A protest was filed by Uniqlo's parent company Fast Retailing, but was denied.[136]

At the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Fast Retailing initially decided to remain in the Russian market, saying that clothing is a "necessity of life".[137] Following backlash, on 10 March 2022 the company announced to stop operating in Russia, citing "a number of difficulties, including operational challenges and the worsening of the conflict situation."[138]

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January 01, 1970
uniqlo, 株式会社ユニクロ, kabushiki, gaisha, yunikuro, juː, kloh, japanese, pronunciation, jɯnikɯɾo, japanese, casual, wear, designer, fast, fashion, manufacturer, retailer, company, wholly, owned, subsidiary, fast, retailing, 株式会社ユニクロ, flagship, store, umedacompany, . Uniqlo Co Ltd 株式会社ユニクロ Kabushiki gaisha Yunikuro US ˈ juː n i k l oʊ YOO nee kloh 1 Japanese pronunciation jɯnikɯɾo is a Japanese casual wear designer fast fashion manufacturer and retailer 2 The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fast Retailing Co Ltd 3 Uniqlo Co Ltd 株式会社ユニクロUniqlo flagship store in UmedaCompany typeSubsidiaryIndustryFashionFounded2 June 1984 39 years ago 1984 06 02 Headquarters717 1 Sayama Yamaguchi City Yamaguchi 754 0894 JapanKey peopleTadashi Yanai CHM Pres CEO Takahiro Wakabayashi SVP ProductsClothingaccessoriesNumber of employees30 000 employeesParentFast Retailing Co Ltd 2005 present Websiteuniqlo com Contents 1 History 1 1 Origins in Japan 1 2 Private label strategy 1 3 Logo 2 International operations 2 1 Australia 2 2 Belgium 2 3 Canada 2 4 China 2 5 Denmark 2 6 France 2 7 Germany 2 8 India 2 9 Indonesia 2 10 Italy 2 11 Luxembourg 2 12 Malaysia 2 13 Netherlands 2 14 Philippines 2 15 Poland 2 16 South Korea 2 17 Singapore 2 18 Spain 2 19 Sweden 2 20 Taiwan 2 21 Thailand 2 22 United Kingdom 2 23 United States 2 24 Vietnam 3 Controversies 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp Uniqlo flagship store in Shinsaibashisuji Osaka Origins in Japan edit A Yamaguchi based company Ogori Shōji which until then had been operating men s clothing shops called Men s Shop OS was founded in March 1949 in Ube Yamaguchi 4 On 2 June 1984 it opened a unisex casual wear store in Fukuro machi Naka ku Hiroshima under the name Unique Clothing Warehouse 5 Initially the brand was going to be registered as a shortened contraction of unique clothing 6 However in 1988 during administration work in Hong Kong for registering the brand the C in the contracted name was misread as Q Tadashi Yanai the head of the family retail conglomerate liked the sound of the error and shortened the name to Uniqlo across Japan 7 8 In September 1991 the name of the company was changed from Ogori Shōji to Fast Retailing and by April 1994 there were over 100 Uniqlo stores operating throughout Japan citation needed Private label strategy edit In 1997 Fast Retailing adopted a set of strategies from American retailer The Gap known as SPA for specialty store retailer of private label apparel meaning that they would produce their own clothing and sell it exclusively citation needed They engaged the retail brand consultancy CIA Inc The Brand Architect Group to guide the company through the realization of this strategy including consulting on merchandise visual merchandising and display store design and a new logo designed by Richard Seireeni and Sy Chen of The Brand Architect Group s Los Angeles office citation needed Uniqlo had begun outsourcing their clothing manufacturing to factories in China where labour was cheap a well established corporate practice citation needed Japan was in the depths of a recession at the time and the low cost goods proved popular 9 Their advertising campaigns clothing quality and new retail layouts also proved fruitful 10 In creating its clothing lines Uniqlo embraces both shun and kino bi Shun 旬 means timing best timing but also at the same time it s a trend something that s updated and just in time neither early nor late The company offers clothing basics but basics that are current that respond to what s going on today in art and design Kino bi 機能美 means function and beauty joined together the clothing is presented in an organized rational manner and that very organization and rationality creates an artistic pattern and rhythm All these qualities reflect the defining characteristics of modern Japanese culture modern Japaneseness Nobuo Domae CEO Uniqlo USA April 2007 1 In November 1998 it opened their first urban Uniqlo store in Tokyo s trendy Harajuku district and outlets soon spread to major cities throughout Japan citation needed In 2001 sales turnover and gross profit reached a new peak with over 500 retail stores in Japan citation needed When Uniqlo decided to expand overseas it separated Uniqlo from the parent company 1 and established Fast Retailing Jiangsu Apparel Co Ltd in China In 2002 their first Chinese Uniqlo outlet was opened in Shanghai along with four overseas outlets in London and Basingstoke England citation needed On 1 November 2005 Fast Retailing transferred the business related to clothing manufacturing and retailing to Sun Road Co Ltd a wholly owned subsidiary that operated golf courses through a company split absorption type split and became a holding company On the same day Sun Road changed its name to Uniqlo Co Ltd 2005 saw more overseas expansion with stores opening in the United States New York City Hong Kong Tsim Sha Tsui and South Korea Seoul their South Korean expansion being part of a joint venture with Lotte citation needed As of year end 2005 in addition to its overseas holdings Uniqlo had around 700 stores within Japan citation needed By 2006 sales were 4 billion 1 By April 2007 the company had set a global sales goal of 10 billion and a ranking among the top five global retailers joining what at the time was Gap H amp M Inditex and Limited Brands 1 Fast Retailing signed a design consulting contract for Uniqlo products with fashion designer Jil Sander in March 2009 11 Sander was appointed creative director of the brand s menswear and womenswear as well as launching a new label J collection which won the 2011 Brit Insurance Design Fashion Award 12 Shiatzy Chen was approached by Uniqlo to produce a capsule collection of ready to wear pieces to launch in November 2010 while Asia s largest Uniqlo store outside Japan opened its doors in Kuala Lumpur in the same month citation needed nbsp Uniqlo jeans at their Tokyo store Uniqlo first opened its roadside store in Japan in 1985 and it has now many roadside stores in Japan and five other countries in South Korea Taiwan Thailand Philippines and Malaysia 13 On 2 September 2009 Fast Retailing announced that the company would target annual group sales of 5 trillion yen approx US 61 2 billion and pretax profit from operations of 1 trillion yen approx US 12 2 billion by 2020 This means that the company is aiming to become the world s biggest specialty retailer of private label apparel with a continuous growth rate of 20 per year The figure breaks down as one trillion yen from Uniqlo s Japan business three trillion yen from its international business and one trillion yen from Japan related and global brand business clarify The company s international business target breaks down as one trillion yen in China one trillion in other Asian countries and one trillion in Europe and the United States 14 On September 27 2012 Uniqlo collaborated with Japanese tech retailer Bic Camera to open a store in Shinjuku called Bicqlo 15 It opened at the former site of a Mitsukoshi department store The store is now a regular Bic Camera store after Uniqlo sold its lease of the building on June 19 2022 Launched in January 2017 Art for All was a partnership with New York art dealer and curator Jeffrey Deitch The project involved selling for under 100 per item 65 limited edition products made by commissioned artists such as Marie Roberts Starlee Kine and Ken Kagami 16 Beginning in 2017 Uniqlo has collaborated with designer Johnathan Anderson on multiple menswear collections 17 As of 2023 the designer is still working with Uniqlo on limited collections 18 In late 2017 Uniqlo debuted a line of 3D knit garments developed through a joint venture with knitwear machine company Shima Seiki 19 The technology allows a garment to be knit in one piece with minimal waste and no seamlines It also allows for a finer level of shaping and fit compared to classic knitwear production techniques 20 As of 2023 Uniqlo is still selling 3D knit pieces 21 In October 2018 Uniqlo collaborated with designer Alexander Wang to create a line of Heattech layerable basics including tank tops leggings underwear and bodysuits 22 On 3 June 2019 artist and recent Dior Homme collaborator KAWS participed on KAWS x UNIQLO UT Perhaps because all the other collections were the subdued Uniqlo trademark KAWS s subversive art was able to stand out all the more In November 2022 Uniqlo opens a new remake and repair service in Tokyo Re Uniqlo Repair Studio offers same day repairs and custom remakes of clothing purchased at Uniqlo It is open for a trial run until 31 March 2023 23 This was previously introduced at stores in Germany the UK and US 24 On 16 August 2023 Uniqlo announced a line with designer Clare Waight Keller former creative director of luxury brands Chloe and Givenchy 25 The 34 piece fall collection launched in September 2023 across 1 500 stores globally as well as online 26 Logo edit nbsp Former Uniqlo logo used from October 1998 continued to be used alongside the current logo in Japan until 2009 nbsp Current Uniqlo logo used since November 2006 International operations edit nbsp Map of countries with Uniqlo stores By August 2023 the company forecasts it will operate 3 747 stores worldwide 27 28 Australia edit nbsp Uniqlo in Perth Australia Uniqlo opened its first Australian store in Melbourne in April 2014 29 It expanded into Queensland the following year with the introduction of two shops in Brisbane 29 Uniqlo opened a shop in Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne Victoria the largest shopping centre in the southern hemisphere in October 2016 when it was redeveloped 30 Uniqlo opened its first store in the Australian capital Canberra on 26 October 2023 in Canberra Centre 31 As of 15 November 2023 there are 36 stores in Australia including in Perth Brisbane Melbourne Sydney and Canberra 32 Belgium edit The first Belgian Uniqlo store opened in October 2015 at Meir Antwerp 33 A second store followed at the Wijnegem Shopping Center on 25 March in the same year 34 19 October 2017 saw the opening of a third store in Brussels 35 Uniqlo store in Wijnegem Shopping Center has closed in 2022 36 There were 3 stores in Belgium as of May 2023 28 Canada edit nbsp Uniqlo in Metropolis at Metrotown Burnaby British Columbia Canada Uniqlo opened their first Canadian outlet at the Toronto Eaton Centre on 30 September 2016 followed by a second outlet at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre on 20 Octobers 2016 37 Measuring at 28 000 and 24 000 square feet both outlet are five times the size of the Muji outlet that opened in Toronto in 2014 38 Three new Ontario outlets opened in 2018 at Vaughan Mills CF Markville and Square One Shopping Centre 39 The first Oshawa outlet opened at the Oshawa Centre in March 2019 and the first Newmarket outlet opened at the Upper Canada Mall in April 2019 bringing the total number of Ontario outlets in to seven 40 The first British Columbia and Western Canada outlet opened at Burnaby s Metropolis at Metrotown in October 2017 41 followed by Surrey s Guildford Town Centre 42 and Richmond Centre 43 in Richmond BC The Coquitlam Centre outlet in Coquitlam BC on 14 September 2018 44 45 The West Edmonton Mall outlet opened on 27 September 2019 46 47 The first Quebec outlet opened on 23 October 2020 at the Montreal Eaton Centre formerly Eaton s and Les Ailes de la Mode The first Ottawa outlet opened on 16 June 2023 and the first Calgary outlet opened on 25 August 2023 bringing number of outlets to 14 stores in Canada 28 48 49 China edit nbsp Uniqlo in Sanlitun Beijing China Uniqlo entered the Chinese mainland market in 2002 As of August 2021 there were 832 stores in China including in Beijing Guangzhou Chongqing Chengdu Nanjing Ningbo Shanghai Shenzhen Shijia Tianjin and Xi an 50 28 Given the population of 1 3 billion I think we can go for about 3 000 stores Fast Retailing chief Tadashi Yanai told The Nikkei in 2020 indicating plans to continue opening locations in the world s most populous country 51 In May 2011 the magazine Shukan Bunshun clarification needed published a story alleging that Uniqlo had forced employees at its stores and factories in China to work long hours for little pay In response Uniqlo unsuccessfully sued the weekly s publisher Bungeishunju for 220 million for libel 52 53 A 2015 online video of a couple having sex in a Beijing Uniqlo store changing room became notorious among Chinese internet users Chinese police arrested at least five people in connection with the incident allegedly including the couple and three other disseminators of the video for having severely violated socialist core values 54 The New York Times noted that the store s exterior had become a popular venue for people to gather and take pictures in sexual poses reminiscent of the video 55 Denmark edit In April 2019 Uniqlo opened its first Danish flagship store in Copenhagen at Stroget It became the second country to open a Uniqlo store in Scandinavia after Sweden 56 France edit As of May 2024 there were 28 stores in France 9 of those were in Paris 28 On 17 November 2014 Uniqlo opened its first store in eastern France and the second store in France outside Greater Paris in the city of Strasbourg 57 Uniqlo currently has stores in many other major cities including Bordeaux Lille Lyon Marseille Montpellier Nantes Rennes and Toulouse Germany edit Uniqlo s German flagship store opened on 11 April 2014 at Tauentzienstrasse Berlin 58 Uniqlo then opened a store in Stuttgart 2016 Cologne Dusseldorf 2018 and Hamburg 2020 59 60 61 62 By 2021 the company operated ten stores in Germany six of which were in Berlin 63 28 It was reported in 2023 that Uniqlo would open another flagship store in Munich in the historic Old Academy building 64 India edit Uniqlo opened its first Indian store New Delhi in October 2019 and in November it opened in Gurugram following the company s announcement about the same on 9 May 2018 65 The company will set up a wholly owned subsidiary in India 66 First flagship store in Mumbai opened on 6 October 2023 at Phoenix Marketcity and the second store in Mumbai opened on 20 October at Oberoi Mall 67 68 As of October 2023 there are 12 stores in India Indonesia edit nbsp Uniqlo in Tunjungan Plaza Surabaya Indonesia On 22 June 2013 Uniqlo opened its first Indonesian store at Lotte Mall formerly Lotte Shopping Avenue Ciputra World 1 Jakarta 69 70 It has 73 stores as of April 2024 spreading east to Balikpapan Bandung Banjarmasin Cirebon Denpasar Makassar Manado Mataram Pontianak Samarinda Semarang Surakarta Surabaya and Yogyakarta and west to Batam Jambi Lampung Medan Palembang and Pekanbaru 71 On 9 April 2021 its Indonesian flagship and most iconic store opened at Pondok Indah Mall 3 Jakarta 72 73 On 28 October 2022 Uniqlo opened its first roadside store in Indonesia at Heritage Lifestyle Hub in Bandung West Java 74 thus became the sixth country outside Japan to get a Uniqlo roadside store The second Uniqlo roadside store as well as its first neighborhood store in Indonesia opened at One District at Puri in Metland Cyber Puri in Tangerang Banten on 26 May 2023 75 The third Uniqlo roadside store in Indonesia opened at Hive Kota Harapan Indah in Bekasi West Java on 26 April 2024 Italy edit In September 2019 Uniqlo opened its first Italian flagship store in Milan at Piazza Cordusio square 76 In April 2024 Uniqlo opened an another flagship store in Rome at Via del Corso street in the old styled commercial facility of Galleria Alberto Sordi 77 Luxembourg edit In October 2023 Uniqlo opened its first flagship store in Luxembourg in Luxembourg City at Grand Rue Avenue The store covers 950 square meters on three floors 78 Malaysia edit nbsp Uniqlo roadside store in Bandar Sri Damansara On 4 November 2010 Uniqlo opened its first store in Malaysia in Fahrenheit 88 located in Bukit Bintang Kuala Lumpur 79 As of October 2021 Uniqlo now has 48 outlets located across Malaysia including an online store 79 28 Malaysia became the fifth country outside Japan to get a Uniqlo roadside store 80 The 15 100 square feet store located in Bandar Sri Damansara was opened in December 2020 81 Netherlands edit The first Dutch Uniqlo store was opened at the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam on 28 September 2018 The official opening was marred by protests against Uniqlo s unethical business practices in its factory in Jakarta Indonesia As of August 2021 a second store was opened at the Grote Marktstraat in The Hague 28 Philippines edit Uniqlo s first store in the Philippines opened at the SM Mall of Asia on 15 June 2012 82 On its sixth anniversary the company opened its flagship store in the country at Glorietta 5 in Makati it opened on 5 October 2018 The store is the biggest in Southeast Asia 83 Uniqlo has partnered with the SM Group s SM Retail Inc to bring the brand to the Philippines 84 As of August 2023 there were 72 stores in Philippines 28 Poland edit In October 2022 Uniqlo opened its first Polish store in Warsaw s Junior shopping centre The store covers 1 500 square metres on two floors 85 South Korea edit nbsp Uniqlo in Lotte World Mall Seoul South Korea Uniqlo 유니클로 generated more than 2 billion won 1 7 million in one day s sales on 11 November 2011 when it opened Asia s largest flagship store in central Seoul The sales figure was the highest ever set by a fashion outlet in Korea Uniqlo earns over US 1 2 billion in annual revenue with 134 shops in South Korea 28 Lotte owns 49 of Uniqlo s Korean subsidiary 86 On 6 December 2020 the flagship store in Myeong dong was closed due to the COVID 19 pandemic and anti Japanese protests 87 Singapore edit As of 2024 Uniqlo had 29 stores in Singapore Uniqlo opened its first store in Singapore on 9 April 2009 in Tampines 1 which has been closed down on 17 January 2021 and instead a new store at Tampines Mall was opened on 5 February 2021 and has the similar format as Bugis ION Orchard JEM Orchard Central and Plaza Singapura which has two floors one for men and one for women 88 The first Global Flagship Store opened on 2 September 2016 at Orchard Central replacing 313 Somerset Numerous expansion plans were unveiled in 2020 and Uniqlo ION Orchard and Plaza Singapura were also heavily expanded and is called Uniqlotown for Orchard Road 89 Spain edit Uniqlo began operations in Spain in 2016 90 with its online store and in September 2017 opened its flagship store in Barcelona 90 Passeig de Gracia It also owns three more stores in Barcelona 91 92 and two stores in Madrid As of May 2023 there were 6 stores in Spain 28 Sweden edit In August 2018 Uniqlo opened its first Swedish store in Stockholm at Kungstradgarden square 93 As of May 2023 there were 3 stores in Sweden also in Gothenburg and Solna 94 95 Taiwan edit nbsp Uniqlo store in Xinzhuang District New Taipei Taiwan Uniqlo opened its first store in Taiwan on 5 October 2010 at Hankyu Department Store in Taipei 96 Then on 23 September 2011 Uniqlo opened its sixth flagship store worldwide in Ming Yao Department Store in Taipei which covers an area of 3 630 m2 39 100 sq ft across four floors with 39 fitting rooms and 45 cashier counters 97 98 As of June 2022 there are 70 stores in Taiwan 99 100 Thailand edit Uniqlo opened its first store in Thailand on the 9th of September 2011 at Central World As of August 2023 there were 64 stores in Thailand 101 United Kingdom edit As of May 2023 There were 17 stores in the UK 11 of those were in London Ambitious expansion plans in the early 2000s were reversed with 16 shops being closed in 2003 102 including those in Manchester 103 Coventry 104 and Leicester Uniqlo opened a brand new shop in Manchester on Market Street in April 2019 105 Uniqlo opened its first Scottish flagship store in Edinburgh on Princes Street in April 2024 106 United States edit nbsp Uniqlo s flagship store in Chicago on the Magnificent Mile closed in 2021 In September 2005 Uniqlo opened its first United States store in the Menlo Park Mall located in Edison New Jersey 107 In November 2006 Uniqlo opened its first global flagship store in the SoHo fashion district of Manhattan New York City New fashion designers joined the store s team to boost and rebirth fashion concepts catering to the US market 108 Uniqlo opened its first store in California in April 2012 at Square Area San Francisco 109 As part of Fast Retailing s 2020 plan the company has stated that it plans to generate 10 billion in annual sales in the United States from 200 stores which will lead to a location in every major U S city This goal was stated when the company s only U S presence was its handful of stores in the New York City area 110 soon after the company began an expansion in the United States In October 2015 Uniqlo opened its first store in the Midwest with a Chicago store on Michigan Avenue 111 The Michigan Avenue flagship closed in 2021 112 113 Uniqlo opened its first store in Florida at Disney Springs Orlando in July 2016 and the first store in Hawaii at Ala Moana Center Honolulu in 2018 114 115 In October 2019 Uniqlo signed a lease for its first North American distribution center in Phillipsburg NJ leasing a space of over 950 000 sq ft 116 As of September 2023 there were 50 stores in the U S 28 It was reported in January 2024 that Uniqlo would open its first Texas store in Houston this fall Uniqlo also announced that it would open two more stores in Texas in 2024 including in Dallas and Arlington 117 Vietnam edit On 17 October 2019 Uniqlo officially arranged the first store in Vietnam which is expected to open at the end of 2019 in District 1 the center of Ho Chi Minh City Located on a corner of Le Thanh Ton and Dong Khoi streets UNIQLO Dong Khoi is located right in front of Parkson Saigon Tourist Plaza one of the most popular and widely known shopping destinations 118 Uniqlo opened a second store on 6 March 2020 in Hanoi in the popular shopping center Vincom Center Phạm Ngọc Thạch The store covers 760 square meters on two floors As of June 2023 there were 17 stores in Vietnam 28 Controversies edit nbsp Window sign in Shinjuku 2010 In January 2015 a number of labor rights violations were reported at Uniqlo suppliers in China 119 120 121 122 Uniqlo pledged to remedy the violations 123 124 In June 2015 Chinese Uniqlo factory demonstrated after a factory closure with support from the Hong Kong based activist group Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour SACOM 125 126 In November 2015 investigations into the measures Uniqlo introduced in the wake of the January 2015 revelations found that the remedies had been only partially successful with significant violations continuing to occur 127 128 In October 2016 the report This Way to Dystopia Exposing UNIQLO s Abuse of Chinese Garment Workers 129 by SACOM and War on Want claimed that it was still the case that excessive overtime low pay dangerous working conditions and oppressive management were common in Uniqlo factories in China and Cambodia In 2019 a number of Australian workers reported that bullying and harassment is rife there were shouting rooms and a toxic work culture They claimed they had to work 18 hour days had to fold seven shirts per minute and that everyone leaves with some form of PTSD 130 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