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2008

Last Updated: 2009.05.21
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2008. 3
Conducts tender offer to make VIEWCOMPANY Co., Ltd. a fully owned subsidiary.
CANDISH
2008. 4
First UNIQLO store in France opens in Paris suburb, La Defanse.
2008. 5
Donates clothing as emergency aid to victims of the Sichuan Earthquake in Western China.
2008. 6
UNIQLOCK wins Cannes Lions Grand Prix at one of the top three global advertising festivals.
UNIQLOCK
2008. 8
Establishes a joint venture with Wing Tai Retail of Singapore to expand UNIQLO business there.
2008. 9
Merges three Japan subsidiaries, low-cost fashion brand operator G.U., and footwear retailers VIEWCOMPANY and ONEZONE CORP, under newly established GOV RETAILING CO., LTD.
2008. 11
JConducted a global sales campaigns for HEATTECH in five major cities overseas.
HEATTECH
2008. 11
Joint venture agreement with Pacific Textiles Holdings Limited and Crystal International Limited, both of China, and Ananta Group of Bangladesh to from CPAT (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LTD. to develop a production base in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh
2008. 12
Opened the Shenzhen Taiyangguangchang Store, UNIQLO's first store in Southern China.

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