Uniqlo: Difference between revisions

Uniqlo opened their first Canadian store at the [[Toronto Eaton Centre]] on 30 September 2016, followed by a second store at the [[Yorkdale Shopping Centre]] on 20 October 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Delap |first=Leanne |date=2016-09-29 |title=Uniqlo set to launch first Canadian store at the Eaton Centre |publisher=[[Toronto Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/09/29/uniqlo-set-to-launch-first-canadian-store-at-the-eaton-centre.html |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Measuring at 28,000 and 24,000 square feet, both stores are five times the size of the [[Muji]] store that opened in Toronto in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kopun |first=Francine |date=2016-06-19 |title=Uniqlo targets a unique apparel market: Everyone |publisher=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2016/06/19/uniqlo-targets-a-unique-apparel-market-everyone.html |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Three new stores in Ontario opened in 2018 at [[Vaughan Mills]], [[CF Markville]] and [[Square One Shopping Centre]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Staff |first=DH Toronto |date=2018-08-29 |title=UNIQLO officially announces opening dates of its new GTA locations |work=Daily Hive |url=http://dailyhive.com/toronto/toronto-uniqlo-announces-gta-opening-dates-2018 |access-date=2018-10-26 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Uniqlo opened the new Oshawa location at the [[Oshawa Centre]] in March 2019 and opened the new Newmarket location at the [[Upper Canada Mall]] in April 2019, bringing the total number of stores in Ontario to seven.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uniqlo Ramps Up Canadian Expansion with 2 Store Announcements |url=https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2019/1/uniqlo-ramps-up-canadian-expansion-with-2-store-announcements |access-date=2019-01-22 |website=Retail Insider |language=en-CA |df=dmy-all}}</ref> A third Canadian store, the first outside of Ontario and the first in Western Canada, opened at [[Burnaby]]'s [[Metropolis at Metrotown]] in October 2017 <ref>{{Cite news |last=Lau |first=Lucy |date=5 October 2017 |title=Photos: Uniqlo finally lands on West Coast with third Canadian location |work=[[The Georgia Straight]] |url=https://www.straight.com/life/977376/photos-uniqlo-finally-lands-west-coast-third-canadian-location}}</ref> to be followed by Surrey's [[Guildford Town Centre (mall)|Guildford Town Centre]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.guildfordtowncentre.com/stores/unisex-apparel-3/uniqlo-coming-soon/}}</ref> and [[Richmond Centre (mall)|Richmond Centre]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.richmond-news.com/news/uniqlo-coming-to-richmond-centre-1.23153895}}</ref> in Richmond, BC. A new store opened at [[Coquitlam Centre]] in Coquitlam, BC on 14 September 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lau |first=Lucy |date=2018-08-29 |title=Uniqlo's Coquitlam Centre location opens on September 14 |url=https://www.straight.com/life/1126316/uniqlos-coquitlam-centre-location-opens-september-14 |access-date=2019-06-26 |website=The Georgia Straight |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Korstrom |first=Glen |title=Uniqlo to open fourth B.C. store at Coquitlam Centre |url=https://biv.com/article/2018/08/uniqlo-open-fourth-bc-store-coquitlam-centre |access-date=2019-06-26 |website=Business in Vancouver |df=dmy-all}}</ref> A new [[West Edmonton Mall]] store opened on 27 September 2019.<ref>https://www.uniqlo.com/ca/en/information/press-release/2019/0604</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-12 |title=This popular retailer to set up shop in West Edmonton Mall |url=https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/this-popular-retailer-to-set-up-shop-in-west-edmonton-mall-1.4463528 |access-date=2019-06-26 |website=CTV News Edmonton |df=dmy-all}}</ref> A new location is set to open at the [[Montreal Eaton Centre|Eaton Centre]] in Montreal in late 2020.