Fast Retailing Co Ltd
Company Profile
Business description
Fast Retailing is Japan's largest apparel company. It operates casualwear retail chain Uniqlo, known for its high-quality functional apparel at reasonable prices. Fast Retailing is in charge of product design and sales and outsources almost all of its production to factories in places including China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and India. It is ranked the second-largest apparel company by sales globally in 2024 per Euromonitor, thanks to the expansion of Uniqlo International. As of February 2025, it ran 3,616 stores globally. Other brands in its portfolio include GU and acquired brands like Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers, and Princesse tam.tam. The Yanai family owned a 40.86% stake in the firm as of July 2025.
Contact
10717-1 Sayama
Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi754-0894
JPNT: +81 362720050
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Stock type
Cyclical
Industry
Apparel Retail
Fiscal Year End
31 August 2026
Employees
59,522
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