New York City — UNIQLO will open its newest location in the U.S. on July 15, 2016 in Disney Springs, at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The new UNIQLO store, the first in the Southeast region of the United States, will occupy 25,000 square feet across two sales floors.
“We are very excited to introduce our UNIQLO products, customer service and shopping experience to Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort,” says Hiroshi Taki, CEO of UNIQLO USA. “We are proud of our collaboration with Disney Consumer Products, and we look forward to offering our unique retail concept and products to vacationers and locals alike at Disney Springs.”
In addition to exclusive UNIQLO merchandise, the new store will incorporate the brand’s unique Japanese heritage by conveying Japanese tradition, culture and beauty through colorful visuals and displays. Japanese-inspired daily giveaways, as well as in-store events each week and month like Taiko drummers and a Japanese-style game show, will provide fun and entertaining ways for families to engage with UNIQLO and its Japanese origins.
UNIQLO at Disney Springs will be the company’s first store in the Southeast region, and it marks the company’s fourth corner in the country, with its 43 current stores including Los Angeles, Seattle and Boston, and its UNIQLO.com online store.
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 continues to open large-scale stores in some of the world’s most important cities and locations, as part of its ongoing efforts to solidify its status as a truly global brand. Today the company has a total of 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. For more information about UNIQLO and Fast Retailing, please visit www.uniqlo.com and www.fastretailing.com.
SOURCE: UNIQLO