Fast Retailing
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Native name
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ファーストリテイリング |
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| Traded as | TYO: 9983 SEHK: 6288 |
| Industry | Retail |
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| Founder | Tadashi Yanai |
| Headquarters | Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan |
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Area served
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Japan |
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Key people
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| Products | Clothing, accessories |
| Revenue |  ¥1,143 billion (FY2013)[1] |
| ¥132 billion (FY2013)[1] |
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| ¥90 billion (FY2013)[1] |
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| Total assets | ¥885 billion (FY2013)[1] |
| Total equity | ¥579 billion (FY2013)[1] |
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Number of employees
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23,982 (2013)[2] |
| Subsidiaries | Uniqlo |
| Website | www |
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (ファーストリテイリング Fāsuto Riteiringu?) is a public Japanese retail holding company. In addition to its primary subsidiary Uniqlo, it owns several other brands, including J Brand, Comptoir des Cotonniers, g.u., Princess Tam-Tam, and Theory.
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History
The company was founded as Ogori Shoji Co., Ltd. in 1963 by Tadashi Yanai.
In 1984, the company, which ran a menswear store in Ube, Yamaguchi, opened a new casual-wear store named Unique Clothing Warehouse in Hiroshima City; this was the forebear of Uniqlo.[3]
In September 1991, Ogori Shoji changed its name to Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., and was listed on the Hiroshima Stock Exchange in July 1994.[3]
In February 1999, it was listed on the first section (large companies) of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.[3]
The company also owns the American brand Theory; Fast Retailing acquired "an equity stake in Link Theory Holdings Co Ltd, the marketer of the Theory and Helmut Lang apparel brands, in 2004".[4] It acquired the rest of the company in 2009.
In 2007, it unsuccessfully offered a bid of US$900 million for Barneys New York department store to the Jones Apparel Group.[5]
In 2012, the company purchased an 80% stake of premium denim company J Brand for US$290 million and US$10 million in advisory legal fees.[6]
See also
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Uniqlo Syndrome. Toyo Keizai Shinpo Sha. ISBN 4-492-76191-8 Tenkai Japan. ASIN: B004PYDPOK.
- ↑ "Apparel and textile industry factsheets".
- ↑ [dead link] "Fast Retailing of Japan Makes Offer of $900 Million To Buy Barneys". International Herald Tribune.
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External links
- Articles with dead external links from January 2012
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- Official website not in Wikidata
- TOPIX 100
- Nikkei 225
- Fast Retailing
- 1963 establishments in Japan
- Clothing retailers of Japan
- Companies based in Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Retail companies established in 1963
- Holding companies of Japan
- Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
