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Investing.com -- Fast Retailing’s Uniqlo Japan reported a 1% decline in September same-store sales plus online sales compared to the same month last year, while customer traffic fell 3.3%.
The Japanese clothing retailer saw average customer spending increase by 2.4% during the month. When including directly-run stores, total sales including online transactions showed a slight gain of 0.1%.
The company faced challenging year-over-year comparisons, as September 2024 had delivered a strong 22.1% increase in same-store sales plus online sales. By contrast, September 2023 had seen a 4.6% decline.
Fast Retailing attributed the September 2025 performance to high temperatures throughout the month and difficult comparisons with last year’s strong results.
The retailer ran six promotional campaigns during September, one fewer than the same month last year. These campaigns featured Airism inner wear, Kando pants, jeans, sweats, Airism cotton long-sleeve T-shirts, and merino wool products.
The company noted that after adjusting for calendar effects, same-store customer traffic was nearly flat at approximately -1%.
The growth in average customer spending was driven by increased purchases of cut-and-sewn products and higher unit prices for jeans and shirts.
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