I-Gap ilahlekelwe yi-$49m ekuthengisweni kwekota yesibili, yehle ngo-8% kusukela ngonyaka odlule, uma kuqhathaniswa nenzuzo ye-$258m ngonyaka odlule. Abathengisi base-Gap kuya ku-Kohl's abasekelwe e-United States baxwayise ngokuthi inzuzo yabo iyehla njengoba abathengi abakhathazekile ngokukhuphuka kwamanani ezimpahla behlehlisa ukuthenga izingubo.
Kodwa i-Uniqlo ithe isendleleni yokwenza inzuzo yayo yokuqala yonyaka eNyakatho Melika ngemuva kweminyaka engu-17 yokuzama, ngenxa yezinguquko kumasu okuthutha kanye namanani aqalwe ngesikhathi sobhubhane kanye nokuphela kokukhushulwa kwesaphulelo.
I-Uniqlo okwamanje inezitolo ezingu-59 eNyakatho Melika, ezingu-43 e-United States kanye nezingu-16 eCanada. Le nkampani ayizange inikeze isiqondiso esithile senzuzo. Inzuzo yokusebenza iyonke evela ezitolo zayo ezingaphezu kuka-3,500 emhlabeni wonke izofika ku-Y290bn ngonyaka odlule.
Kodwa eJapane esikhulile, isisekelo samakhasimende e-Uniqlo siyancipha. I-Uniqlo isebenzisa ukuqubuka kwalesi sifo njengethuba lokwenza "ushintsho olukhulu" kanye nokuqala kabusha eNyakatho Melika. Okubaluleke kakhulu, i-Uniqlo iyeke cishe konke ukwehlisa intengo, empeleni yenza amakhasimende ajwayele amanani afanayo. Esikhundleni salokho, inkampani igxile kakhulu ezintweni eziyisisekelo zokugqoka njengokugqoka okuvamile kanye nokuphathwa kwempahla okulula, yasungula uhlelo lokugcina impahla oluzenzakalelayo ukuze ixhumanise impahla evela ezitolo ezingokoqobo neziku-inthanethi.
Kusukela ngoMeyi 2022, inani lezitolo ze-Uniqlo ezwenikazi lidlule ku-888. Engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka wezimali ophele ngoFebhuwari 28, ukuthengiswa kwe-Fast Retailing Group kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-1.3 kusukela ngonyaka odlule kuya ku-1.22 trillion yen, inzuzo yokusebenza ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-12.7 yaya ku-189.27 billion yen, kanti inzuzo ehlanzekile ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-41.3 yaya ku-154.82 billion yen. Imali engenayo yokuthengisa ye-Uniqlo yaseJapan yehle ngamaphesenti angu-10.2 yaya ku-442.5 billion yen, inzuzo yokusebenza yehle ngamaphesenti angu-17.3 yaya ku-80.9 billion yen, imali engenayo yokuthengisa ye-Uniqlo yamazwe ngamazwe ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-13.7 yaya ku-593.2 billion yen, inzuzo yokusebenza nayo ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-49.7 yaya ku-100.3 billion yen, amaphesenti angu-55 anikelwe yimakethe yaseShayina. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, i-Uniqlo yengeze izitolo ezingu-35 emhlabeni jikelele, ezingu-31 zazo ezaziseShayina.
Naphezu kokuphazamiseka okuphindaphindiwe ezindaweni zokugcina impahla kanye nokusatshalaliswa eShanghai, okuthinta amaphesenti angu-15 ezitolo zayo kanye nokwehla kwamaphesenti angu-33 ngonyaka kokuthengiswa kwe-Tmall ngo-Ephreli, i-Uniqlo ithe akukho ushintsho olube khona ekuzimiseleni komkhiqizo ukuqhubeka nokubheja eShayina. UWu Pinhui, isikhulu esiphezulu sokumaketha se-Uniqlo eGreater China, uthe engxoxweni ekuqaleni kukaMashi ukuthi i-Uniqlo izogcina isivinini sezitolo ezingu-80 kuya kwezingu-100 ngonyaka eShayina, zonke eziphethwe ngqo.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Juni-03-2019