Uniqlo’s parent company commits Rs 22 cr towards COVID-19 relief efforts in India, Retail News, ET Retail

Rapid Retailing Co Ltd, the guardian enterprise of Japanese attire retailer Uniqlo on Tuesday explained it will deliver support worthy of Rs 22 crore (about USD three million) in direction of COVID-19 relief attempts in India. Rapid Retailing will donate Rs 10 crore to two NGOs – GiveIndia and the Akshaya Patra Basis.

In addition to that, designs are underway to deliver above six lakh Uniqlo AIRism masks to frontline employees, explained a statement from the Japanese world vogue retailer.

This support is for the individuals impacted by the second wave of the COVID-19 in India, the statement added.

“Rapid Retailing is dedicated to aiding the individuals of India, in particular at this significant time. This is an emergency that needs world solidarity, and we hope that our contribution will support the rapid requirements of those people on the ground and assist set the nation on observe to recovery,” explained Rapid Retailing Chairman, President and CEO Tadashi Yanai.

GiveIndia will utilise cash for offering important health-related equipment as oxygen concentrators and to reinforce health care infrastructure in significant states, as very well as offering hard cash relief for the households of the deceased.

Akshaya Patra Basis will deliver cooked meals and dry ration materials to lower-revenue everyday wage employees, impacted by the surge of COVID-19.

Uniqlo opened its to start with retail outlet in India in Oct 2019 in Delhi, and now operates six stores in the nation.

Uniqlo, which is the biggest of eight brands in the Rapid Retailing Group, operates a lot more than 2,200 stores in twenty five markets such as Japan.