OREANDA-NEWS. The Fast Retailing annual report, Annual Report 2012, was awarded the Gold Award for the fourth year running in the Retail: Specialty Stores category of the Traditional Annual Report division at the International ARC Awards 2013 held in the United States, the world's biggest annual report competition. In addition, Fast Retailing also won the Bronze Award this year for Chairman's Letter in the same Retail: Specialty Stores category.

The Fast Retailing annual report is a publication that communicates a wide variety of information to stakeholders including investors, business partners and individuals. Such information includes a message from our Chairman, strategies for growth, the company's business model and mission statement, our corporate concept, risk information, financial information, CSR activities, and information on corporate governance.

The International ARC Awards contest is an annual report competition held by MerComm, Inc.*, an independent awards organization located in the United States. The organization is free from the influence of specific industries, advertisers, or sponsors as reviews and evaluations are carried out by judges from a variety of countries and working in a wide range of industries. The competition's nearly 200 judges work in such fields as the financial industry, private corporations, and production industries. This year, the 27th year the awards were held, nearly 2,260 entries were received from 34 countries around the globe.