Global apparel retailer UNIQLO will open its sixth store in Alberta at 10 am Friday October 3, with opening events highlighting the brand’s commitment to the local community.
Spanning over 15,000 square feet, UNIQLO CrossIron Mills Mall, just outside of Calgary, will showcase UNIQLO’s unique customer experience and LifeWear lineup for men, women, and kids, said the retailer.
The brand also has stores in Calgary at CF Chinook Centre and CF Market Mall.
“To celebrate the opening of CrossIron Mills, the brand has planned a weekend of festivities for the community, including limited in-store offers, a commemorative gift with purchase for in-store shoppers, and so much more. The opening celebration will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a taiko drumming performance by Yama no Oto, complimentary madeleines from world-famous Japanese bakery Uncle Testu, and free coffee from local roaster De Mello for the first 300 customers,” it said.
“In addition, the first 100 customers will receive a UNIQLO-branded stainless steel water bottle. Also, throughout the opening weekend, customers can test their luck and spin the UNIQLO Garapon Wheel, a Japanese lottery game full of surprise and excitement, for a chance to win such exclusive prizes as Instax Mini Cameras, UNIQLO-branded Kinto Water Bottles, Pocky snacks, and Ito or En Oi Ocha Green Tea.”
Opening Day Schedule:
9:15 am – First 300 customers in line will receive complimentary madeleines and
coffee
9:35 am – Yama No Otto Taiko Performance
9:45 am – Opening Speeches
9:55 am – Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
10:00 am – Doors Open to Customers
“Since opening this first location in Toronto in 2016, the brand has offered a unique guest experience with its innovative lineup of LifeWear, simple, high-quality, everyday clothing thoughtfully crafted with life’s needs in mind and constantly evolving to modern life. Through the lens of innovation, LifeWear is designed to make everyone’s life better. UNIQLO CrossIron Mills will continue offering the current LifeWear apparel lineup for men, women, kids, and babies, seasonal collaborations, and the UT (UNIQLO T-shirt) range of graphic T-shirts and other items,” explained the retailer.
“As with elsewhere in the world, CrossIron Mills is part of the UNIQLO global business model that seamlessly combines its retail stores’ world-class shopping and service experience with the
complementary convenience of its uniqlo.com online store. UNIQLO opened its first store in Hiroshima in 1984 and now has over 2,500 stores worldwide, including 34 in Canada, and online at UNIQLO.ca.”
The company said it creates LifeWear apparel based on the Japanese values of simplicity, quality, and longevity.
LifeWear offers timeless designs, supreme fit, and comfort, and is shaped by customer needs to improve their daily lives.
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, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand and Helmut Lang.
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