As of the end of February 2017, 35.3% of its revenue comes from overseas operations. Its brand value is US $1390 million according to Interbrand. MUJI has continued to grow consolidated operating revenue for the past 14 years.
The Global Times found that Xinjiang cotton products that were previously on sale have been hard to find on Uniqlo's official website.Īs of time of press, Uniqlo has not yet responded to the interview from Global Times.MUJI is a Japanese chain of lifestyle retail brand stores that operates in 27 countries and regions with 821 stores, employing 16,195 staff including 9203 part-time staff. The 12 companies include MUJI, and Fast Retailing Co, operator of the Uniqlo casual clothing brand.įast Retailing Co said in a statement on Augthat its brand Uniqlo did not produce any products in Xinjiang, nor did it subcontract the products to local fabric factories or textile factories.
Kyodo News reported in February that 12 major Japanese companies have established a policy of ceasing business deals with Chinese companies found to benefit from the forced labor in China's Xinjiang region. More international companies have been exposed to have posted similar announcement. At present, a large number of Xinjiang cotton products are still on sale on the official website of MUJI, said the announcement sent to the Global Times.Ĭhinese netizens have called for the ouster of H&M from the Chinese market after they found the company had previously said it had prohibited sourcing products from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, citing so called forced labor concerns.
The company purchases high-quality cotton from all over the world including China, India and Turkey. The Chinese branch of Japanese garment retailer MUJI clarifies on Thursday that the company is using Xinjiang cotton after H&M’s boycott of Xinjiang cotton has aroused public outrage.
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