Fast Retailing Co Ltd 
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January sales in the Japanese stores of value fashion retailer Uniqlo were impacted by smaller winter inventories, the company said today (2 February).
Read the full story >> - JAPAN: Fast Retailing lifts outlook as Q1 profit jumps 57% (REG)
8th January 2010
Japanese clothing operator Fast Retailing Co Ltd has raised its full-year forecasts after surging sales at its Uniqlo casual clothing chain helped lift first quarter profit by 57.2%. - BANGLADESH: Uniqlo production venture taking shape (REG)
4th January 2010
The first phase of a joint venture to make fabric and garments for the Uniqlo casual clothing chain in Bangladesh is due to come on stream early this year. - JAPAN: Uniqlo same-store sales up 11.5% in December (REG)
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Background
Updated: 23rd September 2007
Fast Retailing Co Ltd is a Japanese-based apparel retailer with a presence throughout the world. Founded in 1963, it currently operates 1,800 specialty stores in over 12 countries. For the year ended August 2006, Fast Retailing had consolidated overall net sales of JPY448.8bn ($3.7bn), and a consolidated operating profit of JPY70.3bn ($586m). Among the best known global brands within the Fast Retailing Group are Uniqlo, Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers, and Princesse tam.tam. The Uniqlo brand of casual clothes is Japan’s largest apparel retail chain with approximately 750 stores throughout Japan, as well as stores in the US, UK, China, South Korea, and Hong Kong. The company's most recent addition is the 'g.u.' chain, which opened in 2006 and sells low-priced casual clothing and accessories. The company has substantial experience in acquiring companies in the retail sector, including footwear retail chain Onezone Corporation (2005), Créations Nelson SAS, the developer of the Comptoir des Cotonniers brand (2005), Petit Vehicule SAS, developer of the Princesse tam.tam brand (2005) and Cabin Co Ltd (2006). Fast Retailing acquired an equity stake in Link Theory Holdings Co Ltd, the marketer of the Theory and Helmut Lang apparel brands, in 2004.
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