{"id":394471,"date":"2026-08-01T06:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T06:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394471\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T06:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T06:08:12","slug":"japanese-retail-giant-uniqlo-to-open-first-san-antonio-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394471\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese retail giant Uniqlo to open first San Antonio store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A popular Japanese clothing brand is opening its first store in San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>Uniqlo plans to open a 16,011-square-foot location at North Star Mall, 7400 San Pedro Ave., according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdlr.texas.gov\/TABS\/Projects\/TABS2026026625\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a filing<\/a> with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The brand plans to begin $2.3 million in renovations on the space in March next year and complete work by July. Details in state filings are preliminary and subject to change without notice.<\/p>\n<p>Uniqlo, known for high-quality yet affordable basics, has been expanding in Texas since 2024, debuting at Houston\u2019s Memorial City Mall. It\u2019s since opened locations in Dallas,\u00a0Frisco, Arlington and Sugar Land and plans to open two more stores, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/news\/texas\/article\/uniqlo-japanese-retail-opening-new-texas-store-21082605.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in Austin\u2019s Barton Creek Square<\/a> and Houston\u2019s Galleria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several Japanese brands have been making their way to San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>Daiso, a Japan-based discount and lifestyle retailer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/business\/real-estate\/article\/daiso-dollar-store-chain-expanding-san-antonio-19380927.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opened in San Antonio\u2019s Alamo Ranch<\/a> in 2024 and quickly added three more stores throughout the metro area. Teslo Life, a New York-based brand specializing in Japanese snacks, cosmetics and household goods, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/food\/article\/teso-life-san-antonio-guide-21090358.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opened last year<\/a>\u00a0on San Antonio\u2019s Northwest Side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A popular Japanese clothing brand is opening its first store in San Antonio. Uniqlo plans to open a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-394471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}