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Second-quarter results from Japan's Fast Retailing Co (9983.T), owner of clothing brand Uniqlo, will on Thursday offer a window into how rapidly demand in China is recovering after the lifting of pandemic curbs. The company, Japan's biggest retailer, reported a 2% dip in operating profit in the first quarter, partly…

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Uniqlo's parent company said Wednesday it would raise the wages of thousands of its employees in Japan by up to 40 percent to help it become more competitive globally. The salary bump will apply to around 8,400 full-time employees out of the 56,000 working for parent company Fast Retailing in…

“Fashion brands have long courted controversy, but today, it underestimates the consumer, who has a voice and is knowledge-rich.”

Just as inflation ravages the big guns of US apparel retail, awash in high inventory and deep discounts to lure shoppers back to stores, Japan's Uniqlo is set for its best year ever in North America after a COVID-imposed revolution in its business model. Retailers from Gap to Kohl's are…

Japan's Fast Retailing, the owner of global clothing chain Uniqlo, said on Thursday it would open its first discount brand GU store in the United States this autumn. The store will open in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City in what will be the brand's debut outside of the…

Clothing brand Uniqlo's Japanese owner said on Thursday its China operation would report a large profit decline in the current fiscal year owing to the country's COVID-19 restrictions. Fast Retailing is a bellwether for how major global retailers are being impacted by COVID-related shutdowns in China, one of the biggest…

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing will keep its stores in Russia open, joining a small group of international firms that have stayed put even as dozens of big brands pause operations or exit the country over its invasion of Ukraine. "Clothing is a necessity of life.