To recover from the 18 per cent slump and enhance growth, Japan’s fast fashion brand Uniqlo plans to focus equally on e-commerce and physical store sales. The brand’s retail sales in the US fell almost 18 per cent in the year that ended August 2020. To emerge from this, the brand switched to making masks besides launching new products. It also launched a washable, high-performance mask with a built-in non-woven filter. Its business in China improved as economy reopened and coronavirus outbreaks were controlled.

In Q1 FY 2021, Uniqlo International’s operating profit surged by 9.50 per cent to 41.4 billion yen from the same period of FY 2020. Going forward, Uniqlo aims to dominate the Asian market including India, where it had launched its first store in 2019.

The Japanese casualwear manufacturer and retailer operates stores across the US, the UK, Singapore, China, India, Bangladesh, Canada, etc.