Fast Retailing Co., a casual-clothing store chain known for its Uniqlo brand, will try to enter the U.S. market as early as 2006, company President Genichi Tamatsuka said in a recent interview.
"We will try to have the first store in the United States as soon as we can after the business year ending in August 2006," Tamatsuka told Kyodo News.
With regards to the company's future success, Tamatsuka stated that trying to succeed in the U.S. market is a must.