Uniqlo to open 10 new stores in U.S. as profit jumps

I've read reports that they're coming to Canada as well. I hope they're true.

Nice cheap and cheerful Chinese-made clothing - Im a fan. Do they have big enough sizes for them americans though!?

Companies like Uniqlo & MC Donalds making more money, doesnt that indicate we have more poor population on this planet than people who can afford more expensive and better clothes?

Well, I hope Uniqlo doesn't end up looking like Gap 20 years or so ago in the city where I live- a store on every street corner, well pretty much heh.

What about Sioux City, Dunkerton, or Oelwein? Capri shorts for men would be a big hit in Iowa!

Really surprised they haven't been to Miami, Seattle, Madison, Toronto, or Vancouver. California is a no brainer. There is a large Japanese population in Vancouver and Toronto. You can save money by adding Seattle, and Miami is a hot market. The only issue is with Miami, where the climate different.

never seen any in cali...they'll bring some competition to oldnavy, gap, hollister, f21, express, h&m etc...

honestly some of the above stores sell better quality stuff and i dunno if i like the uniqlo branding

Companies like Uniqlo & MC Donalds making more money, doesnt that indicate we have more poor population on this planet than people who can afford more expensive and better clothes?

Or, people are waking up to the stupidity of paying $50 for a plain white t-shirt just because the tag on the inside says something other than Hanes.

Uniqlo might not have made-in-China cheap clothes, For size, smaller people can use any size of children to petite, etc, Big people can have adult section clothes of several sizes. Cheap made-in-China usually are sold in super market such as Walgreen. It will have many small compartment rooms where customers can test, For pants, you can test length that can fit to you, It seems that Uniqlo will go on regular clothing store areas in selected area to compete with Dillard, etc. in selected cities. Not expensive maybe, but not that much cheap like made-in-China /T-shirt or shorts. It will have clothes with different attractive designs, too. Not supermarket areas but established shopping centers.

Or, people are waking up to the stupidity of paying $50 for a plain white t-shirt just because the tag on the inside says something other than Hanes.

Finally, a smart comment.

If it expand to middle class people's area shopping centers, it will succeed. American people do not have 'mottai-nai- mentality. They think 2 years old clothes are too old so donate to Goodwill, etc and get this year;s clothes. It will not go to some low income cities. More likely to Orange County, CA, Las Vegas NV, NY NY, DC, SF, CA, LA, CA, Maybe San Diego, too?

@ Toshiko - surely donating clothes to charities is very much mottai-nai? I think it's a wonderfully nice custom. In fact, I often lament the lack of charity-bins to donate my clothes here in my city in Japan.

American people do not have 'mottai-nai- mentality.

Neither did the Japanese until the bubble burst..

Uniqlo - similar to Gap, but more variety, cheaper and a greater range of sizes, not just XL.

BurakuminDes. When people discard 2 year old clothes instead of wearing again, and dump tp Goodwill dumping area, I consider no 'mottainai mentality.. Also, American people just throw away dinner they could not eat. 5 was not writing about poverty stricken people

Giving to others to use is not "mottainai"? Huh? There's a huge charity recycle store in my gaikoku hometown, and it's extremely popular among young trendy folks and middle class people.

The Japanese "mottainai" idea is a myth. The sodai gomi locations in my neighborhood are often filled with quite new items that would never be thrown out in other countries.