In 2012 they won the EuroShop RetailDesign award for the Uniqlo flagship store in Shanghai based on the strength of its spectacular dynamic merchandising.
In late 2012, Fast Retailing, owners of Uniqlo, announced they had bought 80% of J Brand for $290MM to bolster their premium denim business.
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In addition to its primary subsidiary Uniqlo, it owns several other brands, including J Brand, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Foot Park, g.u., Princess Tam-Tam, and National Standard.
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In 1984, the company, which ran a menswear store in Ube, Yamaguchi, opened a new casual-wear store named Unique Clothing Warehouse in Hiroshima City; this was the forebear of Uniqlo.
Starting with the Uniqlo flagship store in Shanghai they worked with the architectural firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in making multiple mannequins flying in a 20 meter atrium and an overhead carousel of rotating mannequins in acrylic pods.