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Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
Native name	株式会社ファーストリテイリング
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 9983; SEHK: 6288; TOPIX Large 70 Component
Industry	Retail
Founded	As Men’s Shop Ogori Shoji March 1949; 75 years ago; As Fast Retailing September 1991; 32 years ago; 1963 as Ogori Shoji Co., Ltd. (Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan); 1991 as Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (name change);
Founder	Hitoshi Yanai
Headquarters	Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Tadashi Yanai; (Chairman, President and CEO); ; Shimpei Otani (CTO); Makoto Hoketsu (CIO)
Products	Clothing, accessories
Revenue	¥2,130 billion (FY2018)
Operating income	¥236 billion (FY2018)
Net income	¥1,050 billion (FY2018)
Total assets	¥1,953 billion (FY2018)
Number of employees	52,839 (2018)
Subsidiaries	Comptoir des Cotonniers; Helmut Lang; GU; J Brand; Princesse Tam-Tam; Theory; Uniqlo;
Website	www.fastretailing.com/eng

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (株式会社ファーストリテイリング, Kabushiki Kaisha Fāsuto Riteiringu) is a public Japanese multinational retail holding company.

In addition to its primary subsidiary Uniqlo, it owns several other brands, including J Brand, Comptoir des Cotonniers, GU, Princesse Tam-Tam, and Theory.

History edit

The company was founded as Men's Shop Ogori Shoji in 1949, and formally incorporated as Ogōri Shōji Co., Ltd. in 1963 by Hitoshi 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.

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.^[5]

Senior leadership edit

Chairman edit

Hitoshi Yanai (1963–1984)
Tadashi Yanai (1984–present)^[6]

CEO edit

Hitoshi Yanai (1963–1984)
Tadashi Yanai (1984–present)^[6]

President edit

Hitoshi Yanai (1963–1984)
Tadashi Yanai (1984–2002)^[6]
Tadashi Yanai (2005–present); second term^[6]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Fast Retailing Results for Fiscal 2018 and Estimates for Fiscal 2019 (4,390KB)" (PDF). Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
^ "Overview | FAST RETAILING CO., LTD". Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Uniqlo Syndrome. Toyo Keizai Shinpo Sha. ISBN 4-492-76191-8 Tenkai Japan. ASIN: B004PYDPOK.
^ "Apparel and textile industry factsheets"^{[permanent dead link]}.
^ Li, Shan. "Fast Retailing buys majority stake in L.A. denim line J Brand". LA Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The man who clothes Asia: Uniqlo chief Tadashi Yanai". Financial Times. 23 October 2020.

External links edit

English page
Japanese page

[financials2018-1] "Fast Retailing Results for Fiscal 2018 and Estimates for Fiscal 2019 (4,390KB)" (PDF). Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. Retrieved November 28, 2018.

[compinfo-2] "Overview | FAST RETAILING CO., LTD". Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. Retrieved November 28, 2018.

[uniqlo_syndrome-3] Uniqlo Syndrome. Toyo Keizai Shinpo Sha. ISBN 4-492-76191-8 Tenkai Japan. ASIN: B004PYDPOK.

[4] "Apparel and textile industry factsheets"^{[permanent dead link]}.

[5] Li, Shan. "Fast Retailing buys majority stake in L.A. denim line J Brand". LA Times.

[:0-6] "The man who clothes Asia: Uniqlo chief Tadashi Yanai". Financial Times. 23 October 2020.

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