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UNIQLO

Uniqlo is a Japanese apparel brand founded in 1949 by Tadashi Yanai. Known for its ready-to-wear basics, it operates under Fast Retailing Co., which is also parent to Helmut Lang, Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers and more.

UNIQLO
Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Lemaire Joins Uniqlo, Ralph Lauren CFO, Dirk Bikkembergs Designer

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.


News & Analysis

BoF Exclusive | Christophe Lemaire Joins Uniqlo

Christophe Lemaire talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about joining the Japanese brand as artistic director of a new Paris-based R&D centre and the new ‘Uniqlo U’ line.

News & Analysis

BoF Exclusive | Christophe Lemaire Joins Uniqlo

Christophe Lemaire talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about joining the Japanese brand as artistic director of a new Paris-based R&D centre and the new ‘Uniqlo U’ line.


China

Chinese Men Loosen Up

China’s growing appetite for casual menswear is boosting sportswear and basics brands, while further complicating things for luxury labels.

China

Chinese Men Loosen Up

China’s growing appetite for casual menswear is boosting sportswear and basics brands, while further complicating things for luxury labels.


News & Analysis

Fast Retailing Pledges Lowest Prices in Uniqlo Strategy Reversal

Despite T-shirts on sale for $5.90 and chino shorts at $19.90 on its website, Uniqlo is struggling in Japan where cautious consumers are bracing for tougher financial times.

News & Analysis

Fast Retailing Pledges Lowest Prices in Uniqlo Strategy Reversal

Despite T-shirts on sale for $5.90 and chino shorts at $19.90 on its website, Uniqlo is struggling in Japan where cautious consumers are bracing for tougher financial times.


Financial Markets

Uniqlo: Again the Face of Japan's Deflating Economy

A stunning move by the Bank of Japan to introduce negative interest rates in January to try to get companies and consumers spending again has yet to boost sales, stock prices or arrest an unwelcome rise in the yen.

Financial Markets

Uniqlo: Again the Face of Japan's Deflating Economy

A stunning move by the Bank of Japan to introduce negative interest rates in January to try to get companies and consumers spending again has yet to boost sales, stock prices or arrest an unwelcome rise in the yen.


Marketing

Japan Tennis Ace Nishikori Said to Renew Uniqlo Endorsement Deal

Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori renewed his endorsement deal with Fast Retailing Co.’s Uniqlo clothing brand, according to two people familiar with the agreement.

Marketing

Japan Tennis Ace Nishikori Said to Renew Uniqlo Endorsement Deal

Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori renewed his endorsement deal with Fast Retailing Co.’s Uniqlo clothing brand, according to two people familiar with the agreement.


Financial Markets

Fast Retailing Cuts Operating Profit Forecast on Warm Weather

Fast Retailing Co. cut its full-year operating profit forecast as unseasonably warm weather in its Japanese home market hurt sales of winter clothes for the retailer’s Uniqlo brand of casual wear.

Financial Markets

Fast Retailing Cuts Operating Profit Forecast on Warm Weather

Fast Retailing Co. cut its full-year operating profit forecast as unseasonably warm weather in its Japanese home market hurt sales of winter clothes for the retailer’s Uniqlo brand of casual wear.


Financial Markets

Uniqlo Operator Fast Retailing Prepares $2 Billion Bond Sale

Billionaire Tadashi Yanai’s Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo apparel brand, is preparing to sell as much as 250 billion yen ($2 billion) of bonds next week in its first public debt offering.

Financial Markets

Uniqlo Operator Fast Retailing Prepares $2 Billion Bond Sale

Billionaire Tadashi Yanai’s Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo apparel brand, is preparing to sell as much as 250 billion yen ($2 billion) of bonds next week in its first public debt offering.


Luxury

Jun Takahashi, Undercover’s Elegant Punk

In a rare interview, the reclusive Japanese auteur-designer Jun Takahashi reveals the driving philosophy behind Undercover.

Luxury

Jun Takahashi, Undercover’s Elegant Punk

In a rare interview, the reclusive Japanese auteur-designer Jun Takahashi reveals the driving philosophy behind Undercover.


Financial Markets

Fast Retailing Tumbles Most in Two Years on Poor Earnings

Fast Retailing Co. fell the most in more than two years after earnings and forecasts missed analyst estimates due to losses at its Uniqlo and J Brand businesses in the US.

Financial Markets

Fast Retailing Tumbles Most in Two Years on Poor Earnings

Fast Retailing Co. fell the most in more than two years after earnings and forecasts missed analyst estimates due to losses at its Uniqlo and J Brand businesses in the US.