Uniqlo to enter Mumbai market in October

Japanese apparel brand Uniqlo from Fast Retailing will enter the city of Mumbai with its first store at Phoenix Marketcity Mall in Kurla in October this year.

The store at Phoenix Marketcity will be the 11th brick-and-mortar store for the brand in India since launching in the country in 2019.

Commenting on the expansion, Tomohiko Sei, CEO of Uniqlo India in a statement said, “We are delighted to be launching in Mumbai this fall. October will also mark the anniversary of our four-year journey in India, and this new milestone highlights our strong, ongoing commitment to India.”

“Until now, our customers in Mumbai have been using our e-commerce channel to shop for their Lifewear essentials, and we now look forward to welcoming them in person to our first Mumbai store,” he added.

Uniqlo first launched in the Indian market in October 2019. The onset of Covid-19 slowed the brand’s initial expansion, but Uniqlo now has stores in Delhi, Chandigarh, and Lucknow. Apart from Mumbai, the brand alsp plans to open a store in Bengaluru.