NEWS RELEASE

UNIQLO Opens at Kungsträdgården on Friday, August 24

August 17, 2018, Stockholm, Sweden – The first store to open in Sweden is UNIQLO Kungsträdgården at Hamngatan 27 in Stockholm. The doors will open to the public at 11AM on Friday the 24th of August. A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 10.30AM led by , UNIQLO Founder and Chairman, President & CEO of Co., Ltd. The opening day will be celebrated with traditional Japanese Taiko drummers performing throughout the day, free gifts, prize draws and special limited offers.

Adjacent to the King's Garden (Kungsträdgården), one of the most historical and popular parks in Stockholm, this 1,580-square-meter store covers four floors. In keeping with UNIQLO’s commitment through LifeWear to creating perfect clothing that meets the needs of everyone's daily lifestyles, the store will offer an array of LifeWear for men, women, and kids in diverse colors and designs.

To celebrate the grand opening, the store will introduce special offers available from the 24th of August to 5th of September and giveaways throughout opening weekend (24/8-26/8):

Giveaways: • Complimentary Cashmere Scarf for the first 200 customers waiting in line • Complimentary limited-edition tote bag for all purchasing customers on opening day • Fresh juices will be served from Jungle Juice, specially made matcha ice-cream from Stikkinikki, green ice tea from Yuko Ono and coffee from Albert & Jacks • Customers purchasing for more than 700 SEK will be able to take part in a Fukubiki (Japanese Raffle) – the grand prize in the raffle is a round trip to Tokyo on ANA.

Product Offers: • Men’s Super Non-Iron Shirt, 249SEK, 299SEK • Women’s Rayon Blouse, 199SEK, 299SEK • Men’s Ultra Light Down Jacket, 699SEK, 799SEK • Women’s Ultra Light Down Compact Jacket, 599SEK, 699SEK • Men’s Extra Fine Merino Sweater, 349SEK, 399SEK • Women’s Extra Fine Merino Sweater, 299SEK, 349SEK • Boys & Girls Light Warm Padded Parka, 299SEK, 399SEK • Men’s EZY Ankle Pants 299SEK, 399SEK • Women’s EZY Ankle Pants, 199SEK, 299SEK

Store Details • Address: Hamngatan 27, Stockholm, Sweden • Store Hours: 10AM-8PM Monday-Friday; 11AM-7PM Saturday; 11AM-5PM Sunday 1

Follow the UNIQLO Instagram for more details: @UNIQLO_se

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About UNIQLO LifeWear 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.

About UNIQLO and Fast Retailing UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading global Japanese retail holding company that designs, manufactures and sells clothing under seven main brands: , GU, Helmut Lang, J Brand, Princesse tam.tam, Theory, and UNIQLO. With global sales of approximately 1.8619 trillion yen for the 2017 fiscal year ending August 31, 2017 (US $16.87 billion, calculated in yen using the end of August 2017 rate of $1 = 110.4 yen), Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer.

UNIQLO continues to open large-scale stores in some of the world's most important cities and locations, as part of its ongoing efforts to solidify its status as a truly global brand. Today the company has more than 2000 stores in 19 markets worldwide including Japan, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, U.K. and the U.S. In addition, Grameen UNIQLO, a social business established in Bangladesh in September 2010, currently operates several Grameen UNIQLO stores in Dhaka. UNIQLO manages an integrated business model under which it designs, manufactures, markets and sells high-quality, casual apparel. The company believes that truly great clothes should be supremely comfortable, feature universal designs, are of high quality and offer a superb fit to everyone who wears them.

With a corporate statement committed to changing clothes, changing conventional wisdom and change the world, Fast Retailing is dedicated to creating great clothing with new and unique value to enrich the lives of people everywhere. For more information about UNIQLO and Fast Retailing, please visit www.uniqlo.com and www.fastretailing.com.

For media queries, please contact: Wioletta Staaf, Brand Marketing Manager UNIQLO Sweden on Tel. +46 707 52 56 38 or please contact AWB agency, Stockholm, Josefina Hillman, Tel. +46 704 10 93 08.

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