Uniqlo is set to open a new flagship store in San Francisco on Friday.<\/p>\n
The clothing retailer is set to open its new flagship at 4th and Market, a space that\u2019s long been vacant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the mayor\u2019s office the new store will employ more than 80 people and, hopefully, draw new energy downtown.<\/p>\n
\u201cUniqlo is investing in a really big way in 20,000 square foot space right in down Market Street. They had left the area a few years back, and so they decided they really needed to back in our downtown market and we\u2019re thrilled to have them,\u201d Executive Director of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development Anne Taupier said.<\/p>\n
The retailer has been in San Francisco before, but closed its store on Powell Street in 2021, being one of many retailers that left as the pandemic deepened. \u00a0<\/p>\n
These days, the city says they are seeing a big return of retail in downtown and Union Square, and this opening could help send a signal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it sends a signal, and we watch these retailers and other businesses when they see someone investing in a downtown they want to know are missing an opportunity to be downtown,\u201d Taupier said.<\/p>\n
The store also say it expects to offer exclusive merchandise that embraces the San Francisco spirit through collaboration. There\u2019s also a street festival planned to mark its opening as well. \u00a0<\/p>\n
In a statement, the retailer\u2019s United States CEO said in part, \u201cUniqlo is investing in downtown because we believe in its future and want to be part of the energy returning to the neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Uniqlo is set to open a new flagship store in San Francisco on Friday. The clothing retailer is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-489910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}