Japanese retailer UNIQLO has opened it fifth Quebec store at the recently opened Royalmount shopping centre in Montreal.
“Royalmount Mall is groundbreaking for UNIQLO. Quebec remains a key market in our Canadian growth strategy, and we are excited to be part of the next evolution of retail. At the same time, we introduce LifeWear to new guests—clothing that is made for everyone every day,” said the company in a statement to Retail Insider.
“Earlier this summer, we announced our plans to open four more new stores in Ontario and British Columbia this fall.”
The new UNIQLO stores opening in Fall 2024 are: CF Sherway Gardens (Toronto); Heartland Centre Town (Mississauga); Bramalea City Centre (Brampton); and Willowbrook Shopping Centre (Langley).
Jeff Berkowitz of Aurora Realty Consultants has negotiated Uniqlo’s leases since the brand entered the country nearly eight years ago, and continues to do so with the most recent store announcements.
“UNIQLO continues to resonate with Canadian customers. This latest new store opening builds upon the momentum the brand initiated in 2022 to reach 200 stores in North America by 2027,” said the retailer.
UNIQLO said its Royalmount Mall store will offer the brand’s iconic products for men, women, and kids, such as Ultra-Light Down—warm, packable jackets perfect for layering or travel—and HEATTECH products— made of an innovative fabric that uses the moisture on your skin to generate heat. Other staples include high-quality Knitwear, including 100 per cent cashmere; premium denim; t-shirts; and more.
“Additionally, for any pair of pants $20 or above (excluding athletic wear and sweatpants), UNIQLO provides free hemming services to ensure pant lengths fit the customers’ unique measurements. UNIQLO also offers complementary in-store pick-up for online orders. Their online store offers a full variety of products, styles, colours, and extended sizes that are not available in-store.
UNIQLO opened its first store in Hiroshima in 1984 and now has over 2,400 stores worldwide, including 24 in Canada, and online at UNIQLO.ca. UNIQLO creates apparel based on the Japanese values of simplicity, quality, and longevity. Its products feature timeless designs, supreme fit, and comfort, shaped by customers’ needs to improve their daily lives.
The company said LifeWear is “apparel that comes from the Japanese values of simplicity, quality and longevity.
“Designed to be of the time and for the time, LifeWear is made with such modern elegance that it becomes the building blocks of each individual’s style. A perfect shirt that is always being made more perfect. The simplest design hiding the most thoughtful and modern details. The best in fit and fabric made to be affordable and accessible to all. LifeWear is clothing that is constantly being innovated, bringing more warmth, more lightness, better design, and better comfort to people’s lives,” it said.
UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing Group, the others being GU, Theory, PLST (Plus T), Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand and Helmut Lang.
