BRAND LAUNCH EXPANSION PLANS NATIONAL
NEW DELHI, INDIA
By IFAB MEDIA - NEWS BUREAU - July 7, 2023 | 210 5 minutes read
UNIQLO, the Japanese global apparel retailer, today announced the latest in its expansion plans in India with the opening of its highly anticipated first store in Mumbai.
Introducing a new chapter in Mumbai's retail landscape: UNIQLO, the renowned global apparel brand, is set to redefine the shopping experience at Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla. Launching on 6 October, UNIQLO brings its unique concept of LifeWear, a collection of clothing designed to enhance the lives of individuals from all walks of life.
Photo: UNIQLO Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj
With a strong commitment to innovation, quality, and timeless style, UNIQLO has gained a reputation worldwide for its exceptional craftsmanship and attention to detail. Now, Mumbai customers can indulge in this extraordinary shopping experience, where the art of fashion meets practicality and comfort.
“We are delighted to be launching in Mumbai this fall”, said Tomohiko Sei, Chief Executive Officer, UNIQLO India. “October will also mark the anniversary of our four-year journey in India, and this new milestone highlights our strong ongoing commitment to India. Until now, our customers in Mumbai have been using our e-commerce channel to shop for their LifeWear essentials, and we now look forward to welcoming them in person to our first Mumbai store.”
Photo: UNIQLO Dhillon Plaza Zirakpur, Punjab
UNIQLO Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla, will be the 11th brick-and-mortar UNIQLO store in India. The new store will offer a range of LifeWear collections for men, women, kids, and babies, with its thoughtfully designed and functional products that are made for all. LifeWear is simple, high- quality, everyday clothing, designed with life's needs in mind, and constantly evolving.
Today, UNIQLO has more than 2,400 stores across the world. Since opening its first store in Hiroshima in 1984, UNIQLO has created apparel that comes from the Japanese values of simplicity, quality, and longevity, featuring universal designs, supreme fit and comfort with the aim to improve the daily lives of its customers.
Photo: UNIQLO DLF CyberHub Gurugram
About UNIQLO LifeWear
Apparel that comes from the Japanese values of simplicity, quality and longevity. Designed to be of the time and for the time, LifeWear is made with such modern elegance that it becomes the building blocks of each individual’s style. A perfect shirt that is always being made more perfect. The simplest design hiding the most thoughtful and modern details. The best in fit and fabric made to be affordable and accessible to all. LifeWear is clothing that is constantly being innovated, bringing more warmth, more lightness, better design, and better comfort to people’s lives.
About UNIQLO and Fast Retailing
UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing Group, the others being GU, Theory, PLST, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand, and Helmut Lang. With global sales of approximately 2.3 trillion yen for the 2022 fiscal year ending August 31, 2022 (US $16.6 billion, calculated in yen using the end of August 2022 rate of $1 = 138.7 yen), Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer.
UNIQLO continues to open large-scale stores in some of the world's most important cities and locations, as part of its ongoing efforts to solidify its status as a global brand. Today the company has a total of more than 2,400 stores across the world, including Japan, Asia, Europe and North America.