Company profile
- Industry
- Apparel retail
- Headquarters
- Yamaguchi, Japan
- Ownership
- Subsidiary of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
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Decisions on record
3 verified Decision Cases on Uniqlo (Fast Retailing), and the casebook each one belongs to.
| Fork date | Decision type | What Uniqlo (Fast Retailing) chose | Where it stood | The story | Casebook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Vertical-Integration Bet | Adopt SPA manufacturer-retailer model | record annual performance, operating profit of ¥155.8 billion (+32.2% YoY) in FY2024 (2024) | Read the story → | Vertical-Integration Bet Casebook → |
| 2005 | Market-Entry Gambit | Sustain US expansion | Yanai scrapped the ¥5 trillion global revenue target, slashing it by 40% (2016-10) | Read the story → | Market-Entry Gambit Casebook → |
| 2022 | The Pricing Lens | Raise prices, pass through costs | consolidated operating profit ¥500.9 billion (+31.4% YoY) (2024) | Read the story → | The Pricing Lens Casebook → |
Videos on Uniqlo (Fast Retailing)
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The decisions Uniqlo (Fast Retailing) faced, as kits you can run.
Each pack takes one of these decisions and gives you the framework, a deck for the room, a model that resolves to one number, and the sourced cases behind it. $499, one-time.
Growth & PortfolioThe Market EntryHow fast can this actually be done?See the pack →Business ModelThe Pricing Model ChangeWhat does changing how you charge cost before it starts paying?See the pack →Boundaries of the FirmThe Vertical IntegrationWhat must you own, and what can you safely buy?See the pack →
The analyses
The Market Entry Gambit · Growth & Portfolio
Uniqlo Conquered Asia. America Is the Footnote It Keeps Trying to Promote.
Tadashi Yanai wanted America to be a pillar. North America turned a ¥34.8B operating profit in FY2024, up 65% in a year - and it was still barely 7% of that year's group revenue. The win is real. It's also beside the point.
7 min
The Pricing Play · Business Model
Uniqlo Raised Its Fleece 50% and Customers Stayed: The Fabric Was Always the Product
When Uniqlo raised its fleece zip jacket from ¥1,990 to ¥2,990 in 2022, nobody quit. That's the whole strategy revealed: the price could move 50% because the price was never the product. The fabric was.
8 min
The Vertical Integration · Boundaries of the Firm
Uniqlo Became a Manufacturer-Retailer in 1987 — LifeWear Just Named the Advantage in 2012
Everyone credits Uniqlo's success to LifeWear—simple basics over fashion. But the slogan came in 2012. The advantage came in 1987, when it rebuilt itself as a manufacturer-retailer and made basics structurally cheaper to produce than trends.
8 min
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