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Fast Retailing sales up 23%
Fast Retailing, owner of Uniqlo, reported a sales rise of 23% to ¥659.1bn (£4.94bn) for the first nine months of fiscal 2009/10. The fashion retailer reported a profit rise of 35% to ¥67.2bn (£503.4m) for the period, which ended May 31. Fast Retailing is forecasting sales of ¥815bn (£6.08bn) for ...
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Fast Retailing enters JV to bring Uniqlo to Malaysia
Japanese fashion retailer Fast Retailing has established a joint venture in Malaysia to develop its Uniqlo chain in the southeast Asian nation.The partnership has targeted the end of 2010 for the opening of the country’s first Uniqlo store, but this could be brought forward to as early as this autumn.“We ...
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Fast Retailing plans 200 g.u. stores
Fashion retailer Fast Retailing has revealed plans to have opened 200 stores for its low-cost casualwear brand g.u. in Japan by 2013. The company - which owns Uniqlo - plans to open 25 shops, to bring its total number of stores to about 120, by the end of May. It ...
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Fast Retailing profits jump
Fashion group Fast Retailing has announced a 43% jump in operating profit for the first half to February, lifted by strong sales at Uniqlo.Consolidated net sales totalled ¥470.9bn (£3.23bn), rocketing 31.8% year on year. Like-for-likes at Uniqlo stores in Japan rose 13.1% for the period, beating its forecast of 11.2% ...
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First Uniqlo store to open in Taiwan
Fast Retailing has confirmed that it will open its first Uniqlo store in Taiwan, in the capital Taipei, around the autumn of this year.The opening marks the Japanese retail giant’s latest effort to extend its global reach. Fast Retailing will invest ¥430m (£2.9m) in setting up a wholly owned subsidiary ...
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Fast Retailing to raise £6.9bn
Fast Retailing chairman and chief executive Tadashi Yanai has revealed the company plans to raise a ¥1 trillion (£6.9bn) war chest to back its bid to become the world’s leading global clothing retailer.He said that acquisitions would be necessary, particularly in the US and Europe, to reach that goal. “We ...
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NewsNew Look to widen multichannel services with stores EPoS upgrade
New Look is to replace the EPoS software across its entire store estate this year to introduce multichannel services.
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NewsUniqlo seeks to expand after festive sales jump
Japanese-owned fashion retailer Uniqlo is on the expansion trail after it is understood to have delivered UK like-for-like sales up 38% in December.
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Fast Retailing profits up 14%
Fast Retailing has reported that net profit rose 14.4% to ¥49.8bn (£315m) for the financial year ended August 31. Sales rose 16.8% to ¥685.04bn (£4.3bn).The clothing store operator will seek to expand its Uniqlo stores in Asia from 76 to 132 over the next year. Fast Retailing, which aims to ...
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Fast Retailing reports like-for-like sales increase by 31.6%
Fast Retailing, operator of the Uniqlo clothing retailer, reported like-for-like sales increased by 31.6% year on year in September. Total sales climbed 41.5%.The company attributed the growth to cool temperatures throughout the month, which kept sales of autumn and winter goods strong. Also, an extra day of national holiday during ...
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Fast Retailing eyes global growth
Japanese clothing giant Fast Retailing is to take on the Russian and Indian markets where it will open Uniqlo stores.
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Opinion
Is love in the air?
On today of all days, talk of a love affair seems appropriate. And the subject? The British shoppers’ affection for overseas retailers.
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