CHICAGO, Feb. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Following its North
Michigan Avenue store grand opening on October 23 last year, UNIQLO has been honored by
one of Chicagoland's most active business associations, The
Magnificent Mile Association, as the "Business Impact of the Year"
award recipient.
The award recognizes one business or company each year that
positively contributes to the enhancement of Chicago's famous Michigan Avenue or
"Magnificent Mile," which welcomes an average of 50,000 pedestrians
a day.
Commenting on this prestigious award, Hiroshi Taki, UNIQLO USA CEO, said "The Magnificent Mile is one of
the nation's best and most popular high streets, that draws
visitors from all around the world. It is an honor for UNIQLO to be
a resident of this street and to offer our LifeWear products to the
many people who shop there daily. We look forward to continuing to
enhance the daily lives of not just Chicagoans, but everyone who
comes to our store, with our innovative, high quality, fashionable
clothes."
The UNIQLO Michigan Avenue store was voted as the winner by the
Magnificent Mile Association's executive committee, for its
landmark design, energy, and employment it brought to the area
surrounding its opening, where Mayor Rahm
Emanuel and the Chicago Bulls' "Luvabulls" were present.
John Chikow, President and CEO of
the Magnificent Mile Association, commented, "UNIQLO demonstrated
great vision in designing a flagship experience that is emblematic
of their brand: bright, colorful and wholly inviting to shoppers
exploring the Magnificent Mile. The multi-story space is
immersive, and the extensive retails offerings are sure to become a
staple in the district."
The award will be presented at the association's annual meeting
on February 9, and will be accepted
by the store's leadership team: Tomomi
Tanaka, Stacy Hamai,
Rolena Richardson, and Jerusha Mahon.
About UNIQLO LifeWear
Apparel that comes from the
Japanese values of simplicity, quality and longevity. Designed to
be of the time and for the time, LifeWear is made with such modern
elegance that it becomes the building blocks of each individual's
style. A perfect shirt that is always being made more perfect. The
simplest design hiding the most thoughtful and modern details. The
best in fit and fabric made to be affordable and accessible to all.
LifeWear is clothing that is constantly being innovated, bringing
more warmth, more lightness, better design, and better comfort to
people's lives.
About UNIQLO and Fast Retailing
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. With global sales of approximately 1.6817 trillion yen for the 2015 fiscal year
ending August 31, 2015 (US
$13.88 billion, calculated in yen
using the end of August 2015 rate of
$1 = 121.18
yen), 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: 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,
Grameen UNIQLO, a social business established in Bangladesh in September
2010, currently operates several Grameen UNIQLO stores in
Dhaka. UNIQLO manages an
integrated business model under which it designs, manufactures,
markets and sells high-quality, casual apparel. The company
believes that truly great clothes should be supremely comfortable,
feature universal designs, are of high quality and offer a superb
fit to everyone who wears them.
With a corporate statement committed to changing clothes,
changing conventional wisdom and change the world, Fast Retailing
is dedicated to creating great clothing with new and unique value
to enrich the lives of people everywhere. For more information
about UNIQLO and Fast Retailing, please visit www.uniqlo.com and
www.fastretailing.com.
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