All Uniqlo articles – Page 6
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Christmas retail sales, JD Sports, Uniqlo and Grafton Group
Retail news round-up on January 10, 2014: Retail sales fail to sparkle over Christmas, JD Sports reports positive Christmas sales, Uniqlo bolsters management and Grafton Group sales rise
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NewsUniqlo back on expansion trail with Manchester signing
Uniqlo is on the expansion trail once more, 10 years after shuttering all its UK shops outside London, as it prepares to sign for a store in Manchester.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Marks & Spencer, Phones4u, Asda and Uniqlo
Retail news round-up August 20, 2013: Marks & Spencer new distribution centre is hit by IT glitches, Phones4u to up its number of part-time workers, Asda drops Saatchi & Saatchi from its ad account and Uniqlo’s kidswear collection launches this week.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Uniqlo finds new ways to bring excitement to its stores
One of the trends that seems to be becoming more prevalent in store promotion is the move towards taking a well-known name or brand, linking it with a host store and then standing back and waiting for the sales to pour in.
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OpinionComment: Cannes Lions evidences omnichannel's importance to marketing
It was a week of big parties, big celeb twitter chatter and some fantastic work showcasing how marketing communications is changing towards an omnichannel model.
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NewsActivists target Benetton and Mango over Bangladesh factory collapse
Activists targeted retailers including Benetton and Mango over the weekend over their failure to compensate those affected by the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh.
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OpinionBlog: Uniqlo launches video app
Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo has created a video app to promote a series of events it is running at a pop-up location in London this month.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Uniqlo has work to do to meet ambitious targets
Fast Retailing’s president and chairman Tadashi Yanai has topped US magazine Forbes’ 2013 list of the 50 wealthiest people in Japan.
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Uniqlo plans to expand in Thailand
Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo plans to increase its outlets in Thailand to 100 by 2021, from six boutiques at present, reported The Nation.The first location will be the Promenada Resort Mall in Chiang Mai.Eight to nine new Uniqlo outlets are scheduled to open in 2013, including four by August at ...
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Fast Retailing to open 10 Uniqlo stores in the Philippines
Fast Retailing is opening 10 Uniqlo stores this year as it aims to build the brand in the Philippines. Four stores are expected to open in the first half of the year, one in Taguig City’s SM Aura mall.The retailer will also open stores in SM Fairview in Quezon City ...
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GalleryStore gallery: Fashion retailers show off new season via window displays
As the Christmas Sales draw to an end, what are retailers on London’s Oxford Street doing to banish the winter blues and usher in the new shopping season? John Ryan reports.
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Uniqlo to team up with Arvind Lifestyle Brands
Fast Retailing’s Uniqlo banner is to team up with Arvind Lifestyle Brands to build a $1bn (£631m) business in India by the end of the decade.The Times of India reported that Fast Retailing is finalising an equity joint venture to further expansion in the growing Indian market. A deal is ...
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Fast Retailing report net profit increase
Fast Retailing’s net profit rose 23% in its first quarter.For the September to November period, net profit increased to ¥38.4bn (£268.2m) from ¥31.15bn (£217.5m).Sales rose 17% on last year to ¥318.14bn (£2.22bn) and domestic sales increased 8% to ¥204.7bn (£1.43bn).The retailer’s sales from Uniqlo overseas rose 51.1% to ¥64.5bn (£450.4m) ...
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GalleryStore of the week: Uniqlo, Shanghai
Uniqlo has already featured as a store of the week during 2012 (in Paris), but there are few excuses for not affording it space once more because the Shanghai flagship, on the West Nanjing Road, does things that other branches do not.
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GalleryStore gallery: London’s denim retail destinations
Selling jeans is one of the toughest tasks a retailer can take on – the product can often be similar but the branding and marketing mix determines success.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How can Gap get its edge back?
Steve Sunnocks has just been promoted to global president as part of a management reshuffle at the fashion retailer. How can he improve Gap’s standing in the UK market?
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NewsUniqlo finds unusual way to save on its electricity bill
The Japanese fashion retailer has hired techy types BD Network to run a campaign that turns shopper footfall into energy to power its window displays at two London stores.
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Uniqlo opens joint store concept with Bic Camera
Uniqlo and electronics retailer Bic Camera have opened their first joint ‘Bicqlo’ store in Tokyo.Uniqlo president Tadashi Yanai said he wanted to create Japan’s most prosperous store by combining Bic Camera’s busy shop ambience with that of Uniqlo.Yanai hopes to open similar stores in New York and Paris.
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OpinionComment: Are joint store concepts the way foward?
Exciting news from Japan, where two of the country’s leading retailers are teaming up to launch a joint store concept.
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GalleryStore of the week: Uniqlo, Rue Scribe, Paris
Sometimes the best things are the simplest. This is the Uniqlo store just around the corner from the Opéra in Paris and while this is a retailer normally best known for embracing hi-tech buildings, fabrics and visual merchandising, here it’s a matter of back to basics.