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Tadashio Yani started a single fashion store in hiroshima.
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During the 1990s UNIQLO grew quickly in Japan.
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In 1998, it had over 300 stores.
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Yani decided on global expansion , it strated with stores in the UK.
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Uniqlo closes some stores because the stores were too small and in the suburbs of cities.
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The new strategy was to open large stores in major cities around the world.
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In these two years, the number of international stores went up from 54 to 92. including flagship stores in London and Paris.
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The relaunch of Uniqlo began in november 2006, with the opening of a flagship store in New York.
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In 2007, the company had 26 stores across Asia. The number increased to 64 at the end of 2010.
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In april 2009 Yani hired the German designer Jil Sander.
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The collection wnet on sale in selected stores. and Uniqlo made profits of 49.8 bn.
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Yani's plan is for another 500 stores over the next five years.
