Uniqlo Is Coming for Middle America
About this episode
Tadashi Yanai discusses his ambitions for Uniqlo's growth in the US market during a visit to a Tokyo store.
Japan’s richest man — Uniqlo founder Tadashi Yanai — has struggled to win over the US, despite owning the world's third-largest clothing retailer by sales. On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, Yanai takes Bloomberg’s Reed Stevenson to a store in Tokyo and explains why he’s betting big on America one more time. Read more: Uniqlo's Billionaire Founder Wants Tenfold US Growth. Early Signs Are Good Uniqlo Founder and Japan’s Richest Man Loves a $32 Pair of Slacks Hosted by K. Oanh Ha; Produced by Yang Yang, Naomi Ng; Reported by Reed Stevenson; Edited by Paddy Hirsch. Fact-checking by Eleanor Harrison-Dengate; Engineering by Alex Sugiura. Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: K. Oanh Ha
Guest: Tadashi Yanai
Topics covered
- business strategy
- retail expansion
- US market
- clothing industry
- entrepreneurship
Keywords
- Uniqlo
- Tadashi Yanai
- US growth
- clothing retailer
- business strategy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Uniqlo, Bloomberg
Places: Tokyo, America
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