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Revision as of 02:21, 18 June 2013

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
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Fāsuto Riteiringu
Company typePublic
TYO: 9983
IndustryRetail
Founded • 1963 (as Ogori Shoji Co., Ltd.; Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan)
 • 1984 (named changed to Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.)
FounderTadashi Yanai
HeadquartersYamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
Area served
Japan
ProductsClothing, accessories
SubsidiariesUniqlo, 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) 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, Foot Park, g.u., Princess Tam-Tam and National Standard.

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Uniqlo Syndrome. Toyo Keizai Shinpo Sha. ISBN 4-492-76191-8 Tenkai Japan. ASIN: B004PYDPOK.
  2. ^ "Apparel and textile industry factsheets".
  3. ^ [dead link] "Fast Retailing of Japan Makes Offer of $900 Million To Buy Barneys". International Herald Tribune.