< p > April Uniqlo UNIQLO Japanese new store 14, closed 5, a net increase of 9.

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In addition to < a href= "//m.pmae.cn/news/index_c.asp" > Japanese market < /a >, in April, Uniqlo a href= "//m.pmae.cn/news/index_c.asp" > UNIQLO "/a" opened two new stores in Europe. In April 11th, the first German store in Berlin, the largest German flagship store in Europe, opened in April 25th. The Fifth stores in France opened in April 25th, and the shop area is 8800 square feet, which is about 820 square meters, with a total of three floors. It is located at 39 of the black horse area, 39 of the free fal street, P.

The opening of Berlin and Paris stores has led to the total number of European stores in Uniqlo UNIQLO reaching 20.

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< p > April 10th Fast Retailing Co. (9983.T) XXX group released interim results and issued earnings warning.

Up to the end of February 2014, the net profit of Fast Retailing in the first half of fiscal year 2014 was 64 billion 500 million yen, 1.4% less than that of the same period last year. Operating profit increased by 6.8% to 103 billion 200 million yen per year, less than the average forecast of 111 billion 190 million yen by 4 analysts of Reuters; sales increased by 24.3% to 764 billion 300 million days, driven by the fast fashion brand GU, which mainly attacked the domestic market of Japan. However, the growth rate of 2.2% sales of Uniqlo UNIQLO brand in Japan was significantly slower than that of the same period last year.

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< p > group said that China and other a href= "//m.pmae.cn/news/index_c.asp" > overseas market < /a > sales and operating profits in the first half of fiscal year were particularly strong expansion, sales grew 77.6% to 232 billion yen, operating profit increased 75.1% to 28 billion days. As of the end of February 2014, the number of overseas Uniqlo UNIQLO stores increased 175 to 534 over the same period last year.

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< p > the number of Uniqlo UNIQLO stores in the Greater China region increased to 325 at the end of the last half of the year, and is expected to reach 374 by the end of the fiscal year, pushing the annual sales growth to 30% and the profit margin will continue to improve.

Us Uniqlo UNIQLO business loss contracted sharply due to its ideal performance, while European same store sales also achieved double-digit growth.

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< p > Fast Retailing Co. (9983.T) XXX group also announced that it expected to reduce all performance expectations for the year ended August 2014: net profit fell to 88 billion yen (US $865 million) from the previous yen of 92 billion yen, far below the average forecast of 94 billion 500 million yen by 19 analysts of Bloomberg, and the target of operating profit also dropped to 145 billion 500 million yen (US $1 billion 430 million), after which the target was in accordance with analysts' expectations of 156 billion yen.

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