Surely no stranger to digital integration with shopping and branding, casual fashion (and T-Shirt innovator) 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 into Second Life, but Uniqlo has taken a practical approach to dressing up avatars in an SNS that people actually use! The mobile game-centered virtual community Mobage Town developed by DeNA has been an enormous success in Japan, and now users can dress their avatars in Uniqlo fashions with specialized backdrops. The campaign started on March 4th and continues until April 6th.
To celebrate the 50th anniversaries of the decidedly analog Shonen Sunday and Shonen Magazine mangas, Uniqlo is releasing classic character t-shirts on a gradual basis. As usual, the web interaction is engaging, and the interface quite similar to the touchscreen displays they utilize in the Harajuku UT store.
Of course, one of the best showcases of Uniqlo’s enthusiasm for the web is the “blog part” and masterful viral campaign piece Uniqlock (below).
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