Toronto — UNIQLO, the global casual apparel retailer, will launch in Canada with the opening of its first two stores in Toronto: one in the CF Toronto Eaton Centre on September 30 (pictured here) and one in the Yorkdale Shopping Centre on October 20.
“We are very excited to launch UNIQLO in Canada,” says Yasuhiro Hayashi, chief operating officer of UNIQLO Canada.
The UNIQLO CF Toronto Eaton Centre location is a two-level store with a total sales floor of 27,400 square feet, located on the third floor facing Yonge-Dundas Square. UNIQLO Yorkdale Shopping Centre is a two-level store featuring a total sales floor of 25,500 square feet in the center’s new wing expansion.
UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading global Japanese retail holding company that designs, manufactures and sells clothing under seven main brands: Comptoir des Cotonniers, GU, Helmut Lang, J Brand, Princesse tam.tam, Theory and UNIQLO. Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer.
UNIQLO has more than 1,700 stores in 17 markets worldwide including Japan, Australia, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, U.K. and the U.S. In addition, the launch of UNIQLO Canada marks the company’s entry into its 18th global market.
For more information, visit www.uniqlo.com and www.fastretailing.com.
SOURCE: UNIQLO Canada