Casual Shop Survey

February 4th, 2009 @ 10:58am

調査リポート: カジュアルウェアショップでどんなモノを購入していますか?
(Survey Report: At which casual shops are you purchasing items?)

Japanese website Business Media has posted the results of an internet survey of 13,923 people (46% male, 54% female) on which casual-wear shops they frequent. The results were:

  1. Uniqlo - 87.7%
  2. Mujirushi Ryohin (MUJI) - 54.2%
  3. The Gap - 39.7%
  4. Shimamura - 37.8%
  5. Right On - 35.7%
  6. Comme ça Ism - 34.8%
  7. Benetton - 25.9%
  8. Jeans Mate - 16.6%
  9. Eddie Bauer - 12.0%
  10. Zara - 7.7%

Surprisingly low number for Zara. Unsurprisingly huge number for Uniqlo.

by W. David Marx | Posted in Casual-wear,  Fast Fashion,  Retail,  Styles

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MEKAS. in Japan Times on Shibuya 109

January 22nd, 2009 @ 13:30pm

I have a quote in a Japan Times article from today’s edition about famed youth shopping building Shibuya 109.

For more on Shibuya 109, Check out the original MEKAS. profile of Shibuya 109 in tutorial “Tokyo Fashion Buildings” and our article on “Gyaru Resurgence.”

(Photo by the article’s writer Brett Bull.)

by W. David Marx | Posted in Fashion History,  Mekas News,  Retail

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