Fast Retailing
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | TYO: 9983 |
| Industry | Retail clothing |
| Founded | • 1963 (as Ogori Shoji Co., Ltd.; Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan) • 1984 (named changed to Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.) |
| Founder(s) | Tadashi Yanai |
| Headquarters | Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Subsidiaries | Uniqlo, et al. |
| Website | • fastretailing.com • fastretailing.com/jp (in Japanese) |
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (ファーストリテイリング Fāsuto Riteiringu) (TYO: 9983) is a public Japanese retail holding company. In addition to its primary subsidiary Uniqlo, it owns several other brands, including Aspesi, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Foot Park, g.u., Princess Tam-Tam and National Standard.
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[edit] 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 Prefecture, opened a new casual-wear store named Unique Clothing Warehouse in Hiroshima City; this was the forebear of Uniqlo.[1]
In September 1991, Ogori Shoji changed its name to Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., and was listed on the Hiroshima Stock Exchange in July 1994.[1]
In February 1999, it was listed on the first section (large companies) of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.[1]
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".[2] 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.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Uniqlo Syndrome. Toyo Keizai Shinpo Sha. ISBN 4492761918 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.
[edit] External links
- fastretailing.com, the company's official website
- fastretailing.com/jp, the company's official website (in Japanese)
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