Uniqlo sister brand GU makes New York debut this fall with pop-up store

SoHo shop will mark first step outside Asia for chain with about 450 locations

People walk past a GU store in Tokyo's Ginza district. The brand has about 450 outlets across Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China. (Photo by Keiichi Furukawa)

YUKINORI HANADA, Nikkei staff writer

August 5, 2022 05:36 JST

TOKYO -- Fast Retailing, the Japanese parent of casualwear chain Uniqlo, said Thursday it will open a pop-up store for its GU clothing brand this fall in New York -- the label's first outlet outside of Asia.

The roughly 270 square-meter shop planned for Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood will stay open until summer 2023.