{"id":878046,"date":"2026-08-31T09:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/878046\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T09:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:14:16","slug":"popular-japanese-retailer-muji-coming-to-mayfair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/878046\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Japanese retailer MUJI coming to Mayfair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A popular Japanese retailer known for its minimalist household goods, clothing and food is coming to Victoria\u2019s Mayfair Shopping Centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MUJI has announced it is preparing to open a new store at the shopping centre, with <a href=\"https:\/\/muji.ca\/pages\/muji-mayfair-hiring-event-new-store-coming-soon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hiring events planned for prospective employees in August and September.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"524\" data-attachment-id=\"1344970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cheknews.ca\/popular-japanese-retailer-muji-coming-to-mayfair-1344969\/776640720_18617117140021190_141615052320980805_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cheknews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/776640720_18617117140021190_141615052320980805_n.jpg?fit=2214%2C1486&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2214,1486\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"776640720_18617117140021190_141615052320980805_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cheknews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/776640720_18617117140021190_141615052320980805_n.jpg?fit=780%2C524&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/776640720_18617117140021190_141615052320980805_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1344970\"  \/>MUJI is set to arrive at Mayfair Shopping Centre in Victoria. (Facebook)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in Japan in 1980, MUJI \u2013 short for Mujirushi Ryohin, meaning \u201cno-brand quality goods\u201d \u2013 sells a wide range of everyday products, including household items, apparel and food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MUJI has more than 1,000 stores worldwide and sells more than 7,000 products, according to the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An opening date for the new MUJI store has not been announced.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cheknews.ca\/author\/erin-haluschak\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/cheknews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-2066f4cb-d5f1-4c01-87c0-e815f2215366.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo\" height=\"120\" width=\"120\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tErin Haluschak has been a journalist in British Columbia since 2008. She has worked in print, magazines and online spaces and is a mentor with Digital Women Leaders through the Online News Association&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cheknews.ca\/author\/erin-haluschak\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Erin Haluschak\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A popular Japanese retailer known for its minimalist household goods, clothing and food is coming to Victoria\u2019s Mayfair&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":878047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-878046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}