Last Updated: 2025.11.06
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The Dawn of a New Clothing Era
Global consumer clothing standards are changing dramatically. Gone are the days when shoppers sought instant glamor and novel designs, and overproduction and large-scale disposal were considered normal. Today, people select and buy only the clothes they truly need and truly want. They wear quality clothes that have been procured and produced using frugal, safe, and fair methods, carefully and for a long time, and they expect those clothes to be recycled or reused wherever possible. This approach to clothes is becoming increasingly mainstream. I believe we have entered an era of completely new clothes, on a global scale, and Fast Retailing is best positioned to satisfy this trend. We do not make throwaway clothing. We make timeless, durable clothing from quality materials and with extreme care. LifeWear ultimate everyday clothes epitomizes this commitment.
Our approach is currently earning wide and strong customer support worldwide. In the year ended August 31, 2025, Fast Retailing reported its fourth consecutive year of record growth, with revenue increasing by 9.6% year on year to 3.4005 trillion yen and operating profit by 12.6% to 564.2 billion yen. Thanks to these efforts to sensitively embrace changing times and tirelessly update our products to meet latest customer needs and trends, LifeWear is starting to be recognized as a new global clothing standard.
Clothing, food, and shelter are daily essentials, and our company helps provide a small part of people's everyday infrastructure, so to speak. As such, it is both our mission and our duty to conduct business that benefits society, which means consistently providing clothes that are truly valuable and useful to customers' daily lives. This is the right way to generate corporate profits and shareholder returns. Indeed, making a consistent contribution to society through business is the only way to secure genuine corporate growth.
The propensity to challenge and innovate is a vital part of this equation. Stubbornly repeating past practices leads nowhere. Instead, we have to overturn conventional fashion and apparel wisdom and create completely new clothes that add to the joy, comfort, and convenience of our customers' lives. We will do our utmost to realize this mission.
November 2025
Tadashi Yanai
Chairman, President and CEO
