is a public Japanese multinational

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. In addition to its primary

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, it owns several other brands, including J Brand, Comptoir des Cotonniers, GU, Princesse Tam-Tam, and

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History

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

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, opened a new casual-wear store named Unique Clothing Warehouse in

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City; this was the forebear of

. In September 1991, Ogori Shoji changed its name to Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., and was listed on the Hiroshima Stock Exchange in July 1994.''Uniqlo Syndrome''. Toyo Keizai Shinpo Sha. Tenkai Japan. ASIN: B004PYDPOK. In February 1999, it was listed on the first section (large companies) of the

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. The company also owns the American brand

; In 2004, Fast Retailing acquired "an equity stake in Link Theory Holdings Co., Ltd., the marketer of the

and Helmut Lang apparel brands". It acquired the rest of the company in 2009. In 2007, it unsuccessfully offered a bid of for

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to the

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. In 2012, the company purchased an 80% stake of premium denim company J Brand for , plus in advisory legal fees.

Senior leadership

Chairman

# Hitoshi Yanai (1963–1984) # Tadashi Yanai (1984–present)

CEO

# Hitoshi Yanai (1963–1984) # Tadashi Yanai (1984–present)

President

# Hitoshi Yanai (1963–1984) # Tadashi Yanai (1984–2002) # Tadashi Yanai (2005–present); second term

References

External links

English page

Japanese page
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