Uniqlo August sales up 34.2 percent

REPORT_ For Uniqlo Japan, same-store sales generated

another strong performance in August, with the hot weather continuing throughout the month, and the advertised product ranges and other summer items selling well.

For the month of August 2013 same-store sales increased by 28.9 percent year-on-year while sales at own stores increased by 34.5 percent. Total sales including online sales increased by 34.2 percent.

For the full year, Uniqlo opened 46 stores in Japan and closed 38. It has a total number of 834 stores at present. During the month of July, Uniqlo closed one store in Japan. Uniqlo is a brand of Fast Retailing, which designs, manufactures and sells clothing under Comptoir des Cotonniers, Helmut Lang, Princesse tam.tam, Theory and Uniqlo.