Uniqlo Owner Fast Retailing to Open first GU Discount Clothing Store in US

The store will open in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. Reuters file photo
The store will open in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. Reuters file photo
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Uniqlo Owner Fast Retailing to Open first GU Discount Clothing Store in US

The store will open in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. Reuters file photo
The store will open in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. Reuters file photo

Japan's Fast Retailing, the owner of global clothing chain Uniqlo, said on Thursday it would open its first discount brand GU store in the United States this autumn.

The store will open in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City in what will be the brand's debut outside of the Asian market, Fast Retailing said in a statement.

The company has opened about 450 GU outlets since 2006, mostly in Japan. Fast Retailing is planning an aggressive growth strategy across North America, a market that has become increasingly important as sales in China suffer from ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns.



Prada's Brand CEO Gianfranco D'Attis to Quit

FILE PHOTO: People walk past the store of Italian luxury fashion house Prada on 5th Avenue in New York City, US, May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People walk past the store of Italian luxury fashion house Prada on 5th Avenue in New York City, US, May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo
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Prada's Brand CEO Gianfranco D'Attis to Quit

FILE PHOTO: People walk past the store of Italian luxury fashion house Prada on 5th Avenue in New York City, US, May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People walk past the store of Italian luxury fashion house Prada on 5th Avenue in New York City, US, May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo

Prada's brand CEO Gianfranco D'Attis will leave the Italian luxury firm at the end of the month by "mutual agreement", Prada said on Sunday.

Prada Group's CEO Andrea Guerra will take on the role of brand CEO on an interim basis, the company told Reuters.

The news was first reported by fashion trade publication WWD.

Luxury fashion has seen several changes in senior leadership and creative directors.

Luxury goods giant Kering, which owns Gucci, last week named Renault boss Luca de Meo as its new CEO, replacing Francois-Henri Pinault, who has led the heavily indebted family firm since 2005.

Top luxury houses are also betting on a new design direction to help rekindle interest from shoppers, who have pulled back on fashion as prices rise.

Earlier in June, LVMH-owned Dior appointed its menswear designer, Jonathan Anderson, to also head womenswear designs and haute couture, replacing Maria Grazia Chiuri.

Kering in May appointed former Valentino designer Pierpaolo Piccioli as creative director of Balenciaga, replacing Demna, who was taking up the chief design job at Gucci.

Designer changes have also taken place at Chanel, Versace, Valentino and LVMH-owned Celine among others.