New York — UNIQLO will open its first stores in Texas in Houston and Dallas, and extend its West Coast presence, including new cities San Diego and Sacramento, Calif., this fall/winter. In total, the brand will open 11 new stores across Texas and California, a significant portion of the 20+ new store openings planned for North America in 2024. The upcoming openings will build on UNIQLO’s ambitious store growth plan to reach 200 stores in North America by 2027.
“We are thrilled to be coming to Texas,” says Yoshihide Shindo, UNIQLO USA CEO. “In addition to this incredibly momentous step for UNIQLO in the U.S. and for our business globally, we are also furthering our commitment to the West Coast. We have been listening to our customers in these regions.”
Since opening its first North American location in the U.S. in 2005, UNIQLO has offered a unique customer experience with its innovative lineup of LifeWear, clothing that is designed to make everyone’s life better. It is simple, high-quality, everyday clothing, thoughtfully crafted with life’s needs in mind and is constantly evolving to fit modern life. With rising brand awareness in the U.S., UNIQLO North America turned a profit in fiscal year 2022, followed by significant growth for the fiscal year ending on August 31, 2023.
UNIQLO also offers a circularity program called RE.UNIQLO, as well as convenient in-store services including alterations and self-checkout.
New UNIQLO stores opening in 2024 include:
Texas:
Houston
• Memorial City Mall (Houston, TX)
• First Colony Mall (Sugar Land, TX)
Dallas
• Galleria Dallas (Dallas, TX)
• The Parks Mall at Arlington (South Arlington, TX)
• Stonebriar Centre (Frisco, TX)
California:
Sacramento
• Arden Fair (Sacramento, CA)
• Westfield Galleria at Roseville (Sacramento, CA)
San Diego
• Westfield UTC (San Diego, CA)
Los Angeles
• Westfield Century City (Los Angeles, CA)
• Westfield Fashion Square (Sherman Oaks, CA)
San Francisco / San Jose
• Westfield Oakridge (San Jose, CA)
UNIQLO was founded in Hiroshima, Japan, in 1984. Since opening its first store, originally called “Unique Clothing Warehouse,” UNIQLO has grown to more than 2,400 stores worldwide, including 74 stores in North America.
UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo. UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing Group, the others being GU, Theory, PLST, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand and Helmut Lang. Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer.
For more information, visit www.uniqlo.com and www.fastretailing.com.
SOURCE: UNIQLO