JAPAN: Uniqlo sales fall in June as temperature drops
By Katie Smith | 2 July 2012
Uniqlo saw its domestic same-store sales fall 7% in June as the Japanese casual wear retailer blamed cooler weather for dampened sales of summer clothing.
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