Last Updated: 2011.10.12
Tadashi Yanai, President & CEO of Fast Retailing, inducted into World Retail Hall of Fame 2011
Tadashi Yanai, President & CEO of Fast Retailing, inducted into World Retail Hall of Fame 2011
- Fast Retailing also shortlisted for International Retailer of the Year Award -
FAST RETAILING CO., LTD.
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At the 5th annual World Retail Congress held from 27 - 29 September 2011 in Berlin, Germany, Tadashi Yanai, President & CEO of leading Japanese retail company Fast Retailing, was inducted into the World Retail Hall of Fame. Today numbering over 100 retail legends from around the world, the World Retail Hall of Fame honors individuals, entrepreneurs and highly intuitive retailers who have founded or built international businesses that are admired all over the world. Tadashi Yanai was selected as one of three inductees for 2011 representing the three regions of Americas, Europe and the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
Fast Retailing was also selected as one of six finalists for the prestigious International Retail of the Year Award. Showcasing innovation and creativity in the field of retail, the World Retail Awards recognize and promote retail excellence to the wider business community around the world. There are nine categories of awards, and the values associated with all of the categories are business ethics, innovation and success.
Commenting on being inducted into the World Retail Hall of Fame, Tadashi Yanai, President & CEO of Fast Retailing, said, "I am honored and pleased to have been inducted into the World Retail Hall of Fame. I accept this recognition on behalf of all employees of the Fast Retailing Group, based throughout the world. I wish to also thank the World Retail Congress for choosing us as a finalist for the International Retail of the Year Award 2011. As an innovative Japanese retailer and manufacturer of private label apparel, our aim is to transform the world of clothes and to ensure that customers globally can experience firsthand our creations when they visit our UNIQLO, Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam and g.u. stores. At the same time we will continue to contribute to society through our clothes, by helping to launch social businesses in nations where clothing becomes affordable to the local population."
For more information on the World Retail Hall of Fame and the World Retail Awards please visit
www.worldretailcongress.com
