Fast Retailing Co Ltd

Company Profile

• Business description

  Fast Retailing is Japan’s largest apparel company, operating the casualwear retail chain Uniqlo known for its high-quality functional apparel at reasonable prices. Fast Retailing is in charge of product design and sales, while outsourcing almost all of its production to factories in places including China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and India. It is ranked the fourth-largest apparel company by sales globally in 2023 in our estimate, thanks to the expansion of Uniqlo International, which contributed 52% of core operating profit. As at the end of fiscal 2023, it ran 3,578 stores globally. Other brands in its portfolio include GU and acquired brands including Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers, and Princesse Tam Tam. The Yanai family owned a 40.86% stake in the firm as at June 8, 2024.

• Contact

  10717-1 Sayama
  Yamaguchi
  Yamaguchi754-0894
  JPN

  T: +81 362720050

  https://www.fastretailing.com

• Sector

  Consumer Cyclical

  Stock type

  Cyclical

• Industry

  Apparel Retail

  Fiscal Year End

  31 August 2025

  Employees

  112,599