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Uniqlo continues into digital territory

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2008-03-27 08:57:53 by Michael in Trends in Japan
...Uniqlo is now working directly with web and mobile companies to further brand themselves as modern and hip Right now Uniqlo is offering special Google-branded goods to selected users who install the Uniqlo button for the Google Toolbar. Products range from keitai straps to special Google bags Japanese brand Cecile may have launched their way...
 
Tags: uniqlo, uniqlo button, uniqlo fashions, special, special google bags, web interaction, japanese brand cecile, brand, web
 
 
 
 
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Latest Wakamaru by Uniqlo - the shopping robot of the future???

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2008-09-05 16:00:47 by Editorial Staff in GadgetLite Blog
...Uniqlo is introducing wakamaru, the first robot ever to be featured in a retail store environment, during the second week of September in their SoHo store. The robot, designed by Toshiyuki Kita and developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. gets its name from a famous 12th century warrior. Wakamaru will greet guests, make eye contact,...
 
Tags: wakamaru, robot, uniqlo, wakamaru technical team, handy robot, carer robot, uniqlo usa, mitsubishi, mitsubishi heavy industries
 
 
 
 
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Japan's Uniqlo targets global geeks for Heat Tech fashion line

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2008-11-11 02:39:19 by Adario Strange in DVICE
...Uniqlo has decided to go big with its new Heat Tech campaign. The company is holding a global contest in which consumers are asked to upload videos showing how Uniqlo's Heat Tech warms them up. The grand prize is a 5-day Japan Technology Experience Tour for two in Tokyo (better hurry, the deadline is November 17 In addition to the cool prize...
 
Tags: uniqlo, uniqlo reach, heat tech human, company plans, heat tech campaign, company, perfectly merge tech, uniqlo reps, heat tech warms
 
 
 
 
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Uniqlo to turn mimes into "human vending machines" in Times Square

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2008-10-30 14:19:08 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Uniqlo knows this. On Tuesday, November 18th, they will converge on Time Square and lock a number of mimes into "human vending machines." Supposedly, the mimes will distribute free pairs of Heat Tech Innerwear, which seems to be some high-tech thermal underwear solution, but I suspect a cannier strategy on Uniqlo's part: what could net them...
 
Tags: mimes, uniqlo, times square, mime, filthy mime, heat tech innerwear, expect cyanide tablets, distribute free pairs, transparent acrylic coffins
 
 
 
 
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Uniqlo Human Vending Machine Previews Our Future in the Robot Apocalypse [Humans]

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2008-11-18 19:00:00 by Benny Goldman in Gizmodo
...Uniqlo, and no, it didn't ruin shopping forever . It's actually pretty great; first you get your body scanned to reveal your hottest and coldest parts, then no matter the result, a human trapped inside a box delivers you a warm HeatTech shirt. Uniqlo has other demos planned in Paris, Shanghai and Seoul, but if you won't be in any of those...
 
Tags: uniqlo, warm heattech shirt, human, times square, humans, box delivers, rest easy, body, matter
 
 
 
 
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Uniqlo to Set Up Human Vending Machines, Ruin Shopping Forever [Awkward]

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2008-10-27 11:30:00 by Adam Frucci in Gizmodo
...Uniqlo is bringing that opportunity to holiday shoppers in New York's Times Square by setting up human vending machines. Yes, they're vending machines with mimes inside, with human assistants in metallic bodysuits there to help you. Yikes The whole thing is to promote their new Heat Tech innerwear line Basically were going to have two mimes....
 
Tags: human, airport security machine, machine, mimes, machines, mimes inside, low-budget sci-fi movie, female mime inside, human assistants
 
 
 
 
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Weekly Blog Parts: Uniqlo UTloop

2008-05-18 03:08:49 by Michael in Trends in Japan
 
...UniQlock blog parts, casual retail giant UniQlo has made a nifty little widget that you can customize with your own beats from their library. The UTloop has lot of claps, laughs, and other snippets to piece together with your keypad. Then, upload and share I made one under the name CScoutJapan, but it wont embed correctly because Firefox...
 
Tags: popular uniqlock blog, embed correctly, utloop, piece, lot, affections, snippets, cscoutjapan, library
 
 
 
 
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Wakamaru robot to help / freak out UNIQLO SoHo shoppers

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2008-09-06 03:01:00 by Darren Murph in Engadget
...UNIQLO SoHo will soon be home to Mitsubishi's Wakamaru , a humanoid that can look you in the eye, communicate on a very basic level and somehow help you decide between this dress or that other one over there. Word on the street has it arriving sometime next week, so if any of you regulars happen to see it, let us know just how convincing it...
 
Tags: uniqlo soho, wakamaru, global perspective, basic level, robots, street, humanoid, comments, boutiques
 
 
 
 
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Wakamaru robot to help / freak out UNIQLO SoHo shoppers

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2008-09-06 08:01:00 by Darren Murph in Robotic-Lab.COM
...UNIQLO SoHo will soon be home to Mitsubishi's Wakamaru , a humanoid that can look you in the eye, communicate on a very basic level and somehow help you decide between this dress or that other one over there. Word on the street has it arriving sometime next week, so if any of you regulars happen to see it, let us know just how convincing it...
 
Tags: uniqlo soho, wakamaru, global perspective, basic level, robots, street, humanoid, comments, boutiques