Uniqlo Fits Short, Slim People &amp;#8230; For Now
PRI reports that Uniqlo&amp;#8217;s expansion into the US hasn&amp;#8217;t been very successful, partly because Americans are having a difficult time fitting into clothes originally sized for the Japanese market. An excerpt:&nbsp;

And Uniqlo&rsquo;s US operations aren&rsquo;t doing so well.&nbsp;They have more than 25 stores on both coasts and they&rsquo;re&nbsp;collectively&nbsp;losing money for the company. One of their biggest challenges in breaking into the US mainstream market is sizing.
Yuya Tanahashi, Uniqlo&rsquo;s Boston area manager, calls it an ongoing struggle for the brand. &ldquo;We are actually analyzing every year about the fit,&rdquo; he says.&nbsp;
Basically, they&rsquo;re checking sales data in each of their stores around the world, including here in Boston.&nbsp;&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to try to find the best fit for the Boston customers as well by analyzing what items sell and what sizes sell,&rdquo; Tanahashi says.
Uniqlo is&nbsp;looking into changing the sizes they offer in the US. In their words, they&rsquo;re figuring out how to provide &ldquo;a more &lsquo;3D&rsquo; fit&rdquo; for American shoppers.
So all those glorious form-flattering Smalls in the Boston store? They may not be small for long. But Tanahashi did offer me this:&nbsp;&ldquo;We have kids line as well, and many adults actually purchase [clothes from the] kids line, meaning the boys and the girls style. So I would try to recommend the girls style as well.&rdquo;

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