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UNIQLO birth
Tadashio Yani started a single fashion store in hiroshima. -
UNIQLO grew around Japan
During the 1990s UNIQLO grew quickly in Japan. -
Increases the number of stores
In 1998, it had over 300 stores. -
Global expansion
Yani decided on global expansion , it strated with stores in the UK. -
Uniqlo closes some stores
Uniqlo closes some stores because the stores were too small and in the suburbs of cities. -
Uniqlo changed strategy.
The new strategy was to open large stores in major cities around the world. -
Period: to
Opened more stores
In these two years, the number of international stores went up from 54 to 92. including flagship stores in London and Paris. -
Uniqlo relaunch
The relaunch of Uniqlo began in november 2006, with the opening of a flagship store in New York. -
Asia as a key market
In 2007, the company had 26 stores across Asia. The number increased to 64 at the end of 2010. -
Yani hired Jil Sander
In april 2009 Yani hired the German designer Jil Sander. -
The collection of Jil went o sale.
The collection wnet on sale in selected stores. and Uniqlo made profits of 49.8 bn. -
Period: to
Yani's plan
Yani's plan is for another 500 stores over the next five years.
