Uniqlo to expand to Sweden

Jan 19, 2018Updated May 28, 20251 min read

Japan’s Fast Retailing plans to launch its Uniqlo clothing brand in Sweden with an initial store in Stockholm this year.

Taking on its rival H&M in its home market, it marks the cut-price brand’s debut in the Nordic region.

Uniqlo has fewer than 70 stores in all of Europe, and Fast Retailing CEO Tadashi Yanai says he wants to overtake H&M and Zara parent Inditex of Spain as the world’s top apparel retailer.

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