Tadashi Yanai

UNIQLO (ユニクロ) is more than a fashion brand. It’s a lifestyle, the foremost representative of Japanese design, and a prime example of how through successful marketing, a little-known Japanese casual wear retailer can become one of the top 10 largest brands of its kind, and expand into more than 12 countries in a matter of years.In June 1984, a Unique Clothing Warehouse (hence Uniqlo) unisex casual wear store was opened in Fukuro-machi, Hiroshima, by a Yamaguchi-based company Ogori Shōji (now...Read Full Story

What retail store sells the eye test charts? Highly unlikely you would find one at Wal Mart. Here’s a link that might be helpful to you: http://www.i-see.org/eyecharts.html (print one out yourself)I believe Target caries itI don’t want to buy it online. does walmart etc. carries it? Global Fashion Retailers Rushing into China market Article by Global Fashion Retailers Rushing into China market Global Fashion Retailers Rushing into China market August 25...Read Full Story

Novak Djokovic attended the presentation of his new sponsorship deal with Uniqlo budget fashion chain in Paris. Djokovic was appointed Uniqlo global brand ambassador, is became the new face of the Japanese clothing and sports equipment manufacturer... Tadashi Yanai, chairman and chief executive of Fast Retailing Co, was there as well.... Photos from Getty Images/ReutersRead Full Story

The operator of Japan's casual clothing retailer Uniqlo said on Thursday that its first-half net profit surged 38.7 percent on-year, thanks to brisk sales at home and abroad.Fast Retailing said its net profit for the six months to February reached 57.8 billion yen ($705 million) while total sales in the period rose 14.9 percent to 525.5 billion yen.An unusually cold winter in Japan had boosted sales of Uniqlo's popular "Heattech" products as well as light-weight down jackets and pants, it...Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fast Retailing Co Ltd's <9983.T> Uniqlo is launching its U.S. expansion this week with the opening of a flagship store in Manhattan that will anchor a global push to rely less on its home market of Japan.In addition to the Fifth Avenue location, opening on Friday, Uniqlo is also opening a store in New York's Herald Square next week, bringing its U.S. total to three locations. The new stores will be the chain's two biggest.The retailer's goal is to eventually have 200 stores in...Read Full Story