LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT
UK flagship store 311 Oxford Street
Fast Retailing , and forged business plans to expand by 30 more stores each year .
“ That ’ s when I went from being a merchant to becoming an entrepreneur ,” he says .
FAST FACTS
• Tadashi declared English as the company language at Fast Retailing
• Tadashi is an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
The next decade saw Fast Retailing go public , with a listing on the Hiroshima Stock Exchange , open its first Uniqlo outlet in Toyko , and expand to more than 500 Uniqlo stores and 1,500 employees .
But it is onlyin the last 20 years that the company has truly reached global retail heights – with a listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange , strategic acquisitions of high-end fashion brands Theory and Helmut Lang , the international rollout of Uniqlo , and a digital-first strategy .
Since 2016 , when Tadashi declared Uniqlo a “ digital consumer retail company ”, Fast Retailing has prioritised investment
18 December 2023