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Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing raises its forecast again and sets its sights on the US

Tokyo - Japanese ready-to-wear giant Fast Retailing (Uniqlo) on Thursday again raised its forecast for its 2025/26 fiscal year. This follows robust first-half profits. The company intends to accelerate its international expansion, particularly in the US, where it is partnering with the leading baseball team, the Dodgers. The Japanese apparel...

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Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing raises its forecast for 2025/2026

On Thursday, Japanese ready-to-wear giant Fast Retailing, the parent company of Uniqlo, raised its profit and revenue forecasts for its 2025/26 fiscal year. The company cited robust profits for the September-November period and a turnaround in the Chinese market. The Japanese apparel giant had achieved its fourth consecutive year of record...

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Cheap clothing imports, high-quality material exports: figures reveal Japan's fashion industry

In recent years, Japan's apparel market has consistently fallen short of the nine trillion yen level seen before Covid-19. One reason for this phenomenon is the labour shortage in the textile industry. The average annual income in the textile sector is 5.81 million yen, which exceeds the wider industry average. However, textile wages remain more...

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Uniqlo defends decision to remain in Russia

The parent company of Japanese casualwear giant Uniqlo on Monday defended a decision to keep Russian stores open even as rivals Zara and H&M suspend operations in the country following its invasion of Ukraine. Tadashi Yanai, president of Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing, said the conflict should not deprive people in Russia of clothing, a basic...

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Uniqlo, Inditex, SMCP and Skechers accused of profiting from the forced labour of Uighurs

On the eve of China’s 100th year anniversary celebration of its Chinese Communist Party, France launched an investigation into the “concealment of crimes against humanity” by global textile giants, including Inditex and Uniqlo, who stand accused of having profited from the forced labour of Uighurs. France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s...

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Uniqlo and Theory launch new collaboration for SS21

Global fashion brand Uniqlo, owned by Fast Retailing Co., is set to launch a new collaborative collection for Spring/Summer 2021 with New York-based label Theory, also part of the Fast Retailing brand portfolio. Uniqlo has announced the news on Instagram. Uniqlo and Theory joined forces for the first part of their collaborative collection back...

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Uniqlo links with Paul & Joe for new collection

Global fashion retailer Uniqlo has linked with Parisian label Paul & Joe for a new collection showcasing pops of colors for spring. The collection is filled with art graphics and designs from popular culture on various t-shirts, dresses, and accessories with pieces for women, children, and babies. The collection embodies the universe of Paul &...

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Fast Retailing unseats Inditex in terms of market capitalization for the first time

The parent group of Uniqlo has unseated Inditex for the first time in history, rising to the title of the world’s largest retailer by market capitalization after closing the sessions on Monday and Tuesday, exceeding 100 billion dollars in value on the stock market. The value of Fast Retailing, the Japanese company that owns the fast fashion...

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2020: Online fashion sales zoom while physical retailers suffer

Fashion has been the most hard hit category by Covid-19 pandemic. Compulsory store closures, work from home schedules followed by low footfall at opened stores, negatively impacted sales at almost every brick and mortar fashion retailer. According to Reuters, the Office for National Statistics report showed that clothing sales declined 19...

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Video: The Fashion Archive reviews designer Jil Sander's FW20 collection at Uniqlo

In this video, The Fashion Archive takes a first look at fashion designer Jil Sander and her FW20 collection at Uniqlo. Watch the video below. Source: The Fashion Archive via YouTube Photo credit: Uniqlo Nederland, Facebook

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In pictures: Uniqlo’s “Museum of Tomorrow” at CIIE

Japanese apparel retailer Uniqlo participated in the China International Import Expo (CIIE) for the first time this year, which took place from 5th to 10th November in Shanghai. Part of Uniqlo’s presentation was “The Art and Science of LifeWear,” Uniqlo’s LifeWear global brand exhibition, which took place in New York, Paris and London in...

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Uniqlo helps over 10,000 people through partnership with charity: water

Uniqlo is helping more than 10,000 people across India, Cambodia, Malawi and Madagascar attain clean and drinkable water through its partnership with nonprofit charity: water. The retailer first partnered with charity: water in 2019, donating the proceeds of its 10 euro cent fee to consumers for paper bags to the organization. This initiative...