| General info : | | Uniqlo is a brand name used by Uniqlo Co., Ltd., a Japanese casual wear designer, fast-fashion manufacturer and retailer.
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
A Yamaguchi-based company, Ogori Shoji was founded in March 1949 in Ube, Yamaguchi.
On 2 June 1984, it opened a unisex casual wear store in Fukuro-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, under the name "Unique Clothing Warehouse".
Initially, the brand was going to be registered as a shortened contraction of "unique clothing". 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.
In September 1991, the name of the company was changed from "Ogori Shoji" to "Fast Retailing", and by April 1994, there were over 100 Uniqlo stores operating throughout Japan.
2005 saw 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 Corp.
By August 2023, the company forecasts it will operate 3,747 stores worldwide. | |
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| Source : | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniqlo (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniqlo) | |
| Websites | | https://www.uniqlo.com/ (www.uniqlo.com/) | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Uniqlo Co., Ltd. | |
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