Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo Singapore will open its first global flagship store for Southeast Asia on Orchard Rd this autumn.
The region’s largest Uniqlo store, it will be in the Orchard Central mall.
“As a member of the local retail scene since 2009, we remain committed toward contributing to the community and being an integral part of Singapore’s growth and future,” says Uniqlo Southeast Asia CE Taku Morikawa.
Covering 2700 sqm across three levels, the store will offer the group’s latest lines for women, men, children and babies. Like Uniqlo’s other flagship stores, in such key locations as Ginza in Tokyo, London’s Oxford St and New York’s Fifth Avenue, it will feature innovative, high-tech displays and extensive product line-up, and be a launch pad for the brand’s LifeWear brand.
With its official name to be announced later, the Singapore flagship will hire more than 300 staff.
Uniqlo is a brand of Japanese global retail holding company Fast Retailing, which designs, manufactures and sells clothing under seven main brands: Comptoir des Cotonniers, GU, Helmut Lang, J Brand, Princessetam.tam, Theory and Uniqlo. It has global sales of about US$13.88 billion. There are more than 1700 Uniqlo stores in 17 markets, including Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
