JAPAN’S UNIQLO IN MULTI-PRONGED ATTACK ON US MARKET
March 1st, 2014
Premium Supima cotton, musician Pharrell Williams and New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) are spearheading the drive by Japan's Fast Retailing Co to expand its Uniqlo chain in the US market.The Tokyo-based clothing giant has big plans for its overseas operations, particularly in the potentially lucrative North American market, a company official explained to just-style."Uniqlo has 17 stores in the US at the moment and we will be opening five more this summer, including in Boston, Philadelphia and Los Angeles," the spokesman said."Our priorities right now are ...
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