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Uniqlo

[ Japan ] Headquartered in Tokyo , the Uniqlo clothing brand is a subsidiary of Fast Retailing . Founded in 1984 , the brand originally traded under Uniclo ( a shortening of Unique Clothing Company ), but switched to Uniqlo following a typo on the company ’ s Hong Kong registration form . Uniqlo has over 1,900 stores worldwide , according to Forbes , and its brand was valued in 2018 at US $ 7.5bn , a 12 % increase yearover-year . www . uniqlo . com JULY 2019