Fast Retailing announces the monthly sales data of Japan's local market for its apparel retail brand, Uniqlo (2018/2019) fiscal year (September 1, 2018 -2019 August 31st).

Thanks to the excellent performance of summer clothing sales and annual promotional activities, UNIQLO's domestic sales in June (including e-commerce channels) increased by 27.3% compared with the same period last year, while total sales (including e-commerce channels) increased by 26.9% over the same period last year.

Compared to the small increase or fall of local sales in other months of 2018/2019 fiscal year, the sales data of local sales in June were very eye-catching, and for the first time, double-digit growth was achieved. UNIQLO's Japanese stores and online stores in June were also ideal for passenger traffic, up 25.6% over the same period, and the average customer purchase volume increased by 1.4% over the same period last year, the best data since 2019. UNIQLO Japanese stores closed 4 in June, adding 2.

In addition, thanks to the excellent sales strategy of UNIQLO and the excellent performance of summer clothing, UNIQLO Japanese local sales in May were still stable, same store sales fell 1.8% year-on-year, and total sales fell 1.7% year-on-year. In May, UNIQLO postponed the clearance sale plan and changed the anniversary campaign to June, which improved the local sales volume of QQ in June to a certain extent.

The main sales data of Japan's local market in the second half of fiscal year 2018/2019 are:

June: same store sales (including e-commerce channels) increased by 27.3% over the same period, and total sales (including e-commerce channels) increased by 26.9% over the same period last year.

May: same store sales (including e-commerce channels) fell by 1.8% compared with the same period last year, and total sales (including e-commerce channels) fell by 1.7% compared with the same period last year.

April: same store sales (including e-commerce channels) fell by 1.7% compared with the same period last year, and total sales (including e-commerce channels) fell by 1.6% compared with the same period last year.

March: same store sales (including e-commerce channels) increased by 4.5% over the same period, and total sales (including e-commerce channels) increased by 4.2% over the same period last year.