kk traded as tyo 9983 sehk 6288 industry retail founded 1963 as ogori shoji co. ltd. ube yamaguchi japan 1984 as fast retailing co. ltd. name change founder tadashi yanai headquarters yamaguchi yamaguchi japan area served worldwide key people tadashi yanai chairman president and ceo products clothing accessories revenue 1 143 billion fy2013 1 operating income 132 billion fy2013 1 profit 90 billion fy2013 1 total assets 885 billion fy2013 1 total equity 579 billion fy2013 1 number of employees 41 646 2015 2 subsidiaries comptoir des cotonniers helmut lang gu j brand princesse tam tam theory uniqlo website fastretailing.com fast retailing co. ltd. kabushiki kaisha f suto riteiringu is a public japanese retail holding company . in addition to its primary subsidiary uniqlo it owns several other brands including j brand comptoir des cotonniers g.u. princesse tam tam and theory . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded as ogori shoji co. ltd. in 1963 by tadashi yanai . in 1984 the company which ran a menswear store in ube yamaguchi opened a new casual wear store named unique clothing warehouse in hiroshima city ; this was the forebear of uniqlo . 3 in september 1991 ogori shoji changed its name to fast retailing co. ltd. and was listed on the hiroshima stock exchange in july 1994 . 3 in february 1999 it was listed on the first section large companies of the tokyo stock exchange . 3 the company also owns the american brand theory ; fast retailing acquired an equity stake in link theory holdings co ltd the marketer of the theory and helmut lang apparel brands in 2004 . 4 it acquired the rest of the company in 2009 . in 2007 it unsuccessfully offered a bid of us 900 million for barneys new york department store to the jones apparel group . 5 in 2012 the company purchased an 80 % stake of premium denim company j brand for us 290 million and us 10 million in advisory legal fees . 6 see also edit uniqlo j brand theory helmut lang comptoir des cotonniers companies portal fashion portal japan portal references edit a b c d e 5 years financial summary fast retailing co. ltd . fast retailing co. ltd. retrieved march 30 2014 . overview fast retailing co. ltd . fast retailing co. ltd. retrieved march 8 2016 . a b c uniqlo syndrome . toyo keizai shinpo sha . isbn 4 492 76191 8 tenkai japan . asin b004pydpok . apparel and textile industry factsheets . dead link fast retailing of japan makes offer of 900 million to buy barneys . international herald tribune . li shan . fast retailing buys majority stake in l.a. denim line j brand . la times . external links edit official website v t e topix 100 companies of japan core 30 7 & i astellas canon denso fanuc hitachi honda jr central jr east jt kddi mitsubishi corporation mitsubishi estate mitsui & co. mitsui fudosan mizuho mufg murata nissan nomura ntt ntt docomo panasonic shin etsu softbank sony sumitomo mitsui financial takeda tokio marine toyota large 70 on 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