Uniqlo to open flagship near Paris’ Champs-Élysées as part of sustained European expansion

Uniqlo on Tuesday revealed that it will open a major new flagship near the Champs-Élysées in Paris, as part of a significant expansion in France, and in wider Europe.

 
In its latest move, the Japanese retail giant will unveil its next Paris store in spring 2026 on Avenue Wagram, in the 17th arrondissement, some 500 metres northwest of the Champs-Élysées. This new store is a key element in Uniqlo’s expansion strategy in Europe, with with four new stores already scheduled to open by summer 2026, the company said in a release.
 
Founded in 1981 in the southern Japanese city of Ube, the Uniqlo brand today boasts some 2,550 stores and over 30,000 employees. 

In Paris, Uniqlo just opened a fresh store in the Bastille district in early October 2025, bringing its sales point total inside the Paris ring road to 11. This was also the 30th Uniqlo store in France.
 
Uniqlo Wagram will offer a sales area of over 1,300 square-metres, spread over two floors. It will house the entire Uniqlo collection, faithful to its LifeWear concept of innovative, functional, and high-quality clothing for adults, children, and babies– at a reasonable price. 
 
“After the opening in Bastille, we are delighted to continue our expansion in Paris with this new store in Wagram. This opening illustrates our desire to be ever closer to our customers and to offer them the LifeWear experience in iconic neighbourhoods of the capital,” said Yuki Yamada, managing director of Uniqlo France.
 
In 2025 so far, Uniqlo has already opened 12 new stores across Europe, including in the UK (Liverpool, Birmingham, and Glasgow) and its first outlets in Frankfurt and Munich, Germany. These openings bring the total number of Uniqlo stores in Europe to 91, spread across 11 countries.
 
For the Spring/Summer 2026 season, in addition to the opening of the Uniqlo Wagram store, four other stores will open in the UK, the Netherlands, and Germany. For Uniqlo Wagram, the Japanese fast retailing behemoth plans to hire a team of 70 employees to staff its giant new boutique.
 
Ever since it emerged in the early 80s, Uniqlo’s business model has been based on the Japanese values of simplicity, quality, and longevity. Leavened by smart partnerships with happening artists and designers such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Jonathan Anderson.
 
Uniqlo is owned by Fast Retailing, a Japanese apparel retailer that designs, manufactures, and sells products from eight brands: Comptoir des Cotonniers, GU, Helmut Lang, J Brand, Princesse tam.tam, Theory, PLST (Plus T), and Uniqlo. 
 
The group reported global sales of approximately 23.16 billion dollars for the fiscal year ending August 31, making Fast Retailing one of the largest international clothing retailers, and the market leader in Japan. In total, the Fast Retailing group has 3,500 stores across its various brands.
 
The company statement was also at pains to explain that, through its mission to “change the way people dress, break new ground, and offer a different view of the world,” Fast Retailing is committed to designing authentic, high-quality clothing that embodies unique values, “helping to improve the quality of life for people around the world.”