Last Updated: 2010.12.20
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- 1949.3
- Men's Shop Ogori Shoji is founded in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
- 1963.5
- Ogori Shoji Co., Ltd. is established with 6 million yen in capital
- 1984.6
- UNIQLO's first location, the Fukuromachi Store, opens in Hiroshima (closes in August 1991)
- 1985.6
- UNIQLO's first roadside location, the Yamanota Store in Yamaguchi Prefecture, opens to great success and sets a new standard for the brand's stores
- 1991.9
- Ogori Shoji Co., Ltd. changes its name to Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
- 1994.7
- Fast Retailing lists its shares on the Hiroshima Stock Exchange
- 1996.11
- Tokyo office opens in the city's Shibuya district, to reinforce the company's in-house product planning and development capabilities
- 1997.4
- Fast Retailing lists its shares on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- 1998.2
- Construction of the head office finishes in Yamaguchi Prefecture
- 1998.10
- UNIQLO's 1,900-yen fleece campaign generates a high level of public interest
- 1998.11
- The UNIQLO Harajuku Store opens in Tokyo, the first urban UNIQLO store
- 1999.2
- Fast Retailing lists its shares on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- 1999.4
- UNIQLO Shanghai office opens to further enhance production management
- 2000.4
- Headquarters functions shift to Tokyo to promote merchandising and marketing
- 2000.10
- Online store opens for business
- 2001.9
- First overseas UNIQLO store opens in London as the first step toward global expansion
- 2002.4
- UNIQLO Design Studio (current R&D Center) begins operations
- 2002.9
- First UNIQLO China store opens in Shanghai
- 2002.11
- Enters the food business under the SKIP brand (exits the business in April 2004)
- 2003.10
- UNIQLO's cashmere campaign generates a high level of consumer interest
