Uniqlo opens Friday at West Edmonton Mall

UNIQLO, a Japanese retailer with twelve stores across Canada. (UNIQLO.com)

EDMONTON - The first Uniqlo store in Alberta is set to open this Friday, Sept. 27 at West Edmonton Mall.

The Japanese chain was founded in 1949 as men’s clothing store Ogori Shoji in Ube City. Later in 1984 the first Uniqlo store opened in Hiroshima, featuring clothing for men and women.

Prior to this, the only Uniqlo stores in Canada were located in Ontario and British Columbia.

Uniqlo is the latest international brand to open in WEM, following stores such as Miniso, a Chinese and Japanese lifestyle retailer that opened in May 2018, and SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker, a designer shoe retailer that opened in June 2019.

Uniqlo is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday at 9:30 a.m.

The store is on the second floor of WEM near the Ice Palace in Phase II.