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Uniqlo's founder
Tadashoi Yani, started with a single store in Hiroshima in 1984, however it grew quickly 6 years later -
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Growth
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Market expansion
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Uniqlo's growth
In the 90's Uniqlo grew quickly in Japan -
Around 300 more stores
At this time Uniqlo had around 300 stores in Japan -
Global expansion
After the successful expansion in Japan, Yani decides to expand his products in Europe, starting in UK. -
Closing stores in UK
Most of the stores of Uniqlo in UK, were closed due to its size, too small, and that was why it didn't work. -
Expansion around the world with large stores
A new strategy of Yani, was to set large stores around the world -
Uniqlo's flagship store
the relaunch of Uniqlo was a flagship store in New York -
2 years later went up from 54 to 92
in 2008 the stores had expanded inin London and Paris -
Hiring of Jil Sander
In 2009 Yani hired the German designer Jil Sander -
At the end of 2010, Uniqlo was in the most principal markets in the world
not having enough with these results, Yani wanted to have 500 more stores over the next five years.
