06:54⇢Fast Retailing Cracks Half-Trillion Profit
⌨Coverage holds on Fast Retailing's record earnings (Asahi, Nikkei). Outlets report net profit above ¥500 billion, the first Japanese retailer to do so, on revenue near ¥4 trillion lifted by overseas Uniqlo. Asahi frames the result against Zara owner Inditex, whose sales exceed ¥7 trillion, questioning GU's weakness as an obstacle to becoming world No.1.