Global apparel retailer UNIQLO will be opening in Willowbrook Shopping Centre, one of four new stores in Canada this fall.
The new stores will open in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton and 91Ô´´ before the end of the year.
The first Canadian location opened in 2016 in Toronto at Eaton Centre with clothing for men, women, and kids. UNIQLO plans to have 200 stores in North America by 2027. There's already a store in Guildford in Surrey.
"We have seen incredible momentum throughout Canada, and we couldn't be more excited to open four new stores," said Daisuke Tsukagoshi, CEO of UNIQLO North America. "UNIQLO continues to resonate with Canadian customers, and we aim to deliver essential clothing that complements their lifestyles, made to be building blocks of their wardrobe with longevity in mind."
UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing Group, the others being GU, Theory, PLST (Plus T), Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand, and Helmut Lang. With global sales of approximately 2.77 trillion yen for the 2023 fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2023 (US $18.92 billion, calculated in yen using the end of August 2023 rate), Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer.
The company has a total of more than 2,400 UNIQLO stores across the world, including Japan, Asia, Europe and North America. The total number of stores across Fast Retailing's brands is now close to 3,600.