SoftBank's Son inspires Zozo marketing giveaways

Online fashion retailer to offer 100,000 free measurement bodysuits worldwide

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Yusaku Maezawa, chief executive of Zozo, aims to attract enough customers to produce a "fashion revolution." (Photo by Ken Kobayshi) 

MINORU SATAKE and AKANE OKUTSU Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Start Today, operator of top Japanese online fashion website Zozotown, will give out 100,000 free examples of its Zozosuit, a high-tech body measurement suit, around the world. It is a marketing model that appears to draw on the ideas of Masayoshi Son, the Japanese business magnate who is chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group.

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