Uniqlo will open a new, larger store on Brisbane’s Queen Street on November 27, relocating its original Brisbane flagship to a significantly bigger site next door.
The new store at 170 Queen St sits beside the current Uniqlo Queen St site, which closed on November 2. Customers have been directed to the retailer’s online store during the closure.
The Japanese apparel retailer reported the new store would offer an expanded floorplan, a new layout and updated fixtures.
“Queen Street has been an important location for Uniqlo in Queensland, and this new store opening reflects our commitment to providing Brisbane customers with an improved and more inspiring shopping experience,” Uniqlo Australia COO Satoshi Naito said.
The store will also launch Brisbane’s first UTme! local collaboration, a T-shirt range featuring designs by Queensland artists Alessia Emanuele and Mitchell English. The collection will be available only at the Queen Street store.
The Brisbane relocation is the second step in a Queensland push for the retailer, following its first Sunshine Coast store at Sunshine Plaza. The 777 square metre store opened on October 15, also with exclusive UT T-shirt designs by a local artist.
Naito described the Sunshine Plaza store as representing the evolution of Uniqlo in Australia, with the full LifeWear range alongside a more interactive shopping experience.
The expansion follows a record year for parent company Fast Retailing, which posted its fifth consecutive record result in FY2026. Group revenue rose 16.6 per cent to 3.96 trillion yen, while business profit climbed 30.4 per cent to 718.4 billion yen and profit attributable to owners of the parent increased 25.3 per cent to 542.5 billion yen.
Uniqlo International was the main driver, with revenue up 26.2 per cent to 2.41 trillion yen and business profit up 44.1 per cent to 439.8 billion yen. The group reported double-digit revenue and profit gains in local currency terms across its South Korea, Southeast Asia, India and Australia, North America and Europe regions, with business profit margins improving in every region.
The group attributed the brand’s growth in part to opening high-quality stores and better coordinating products, store displays and customer communication.
Uniqlo Japan lifted revenue 5.7 per cent to 1.08 trillion yen and business profit 8.1 per cent to 196 billion yen, on same-store sales growth of 5.1 per cent.
Fast Retailing is forecasting another record year in FY2027, with revenue expected to rise 12.3 per cent to 4.45 trillion yen and business profit projected to grow 15.5 per cent to 830 billion yen.
With the new Brisbane CBD store, Brisbane-based ceramic artist and illustrator Emanuele has reworked Brisbane landmarks for the range, with each design first made as a handmade ceramic before being photographed and digitised. Noosa-based contemporary artist English has contributed designs drawing on Australian coastal life and surf culture.
Uniqlo will mark the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Japanese drumming performances and customer giveaways.