Big Japanese clothing groups Fast Retailing and Ryohin Keikaku, the owners of Uniqlo and Muji, expect record profits for the year ahead despite a global retail downturn. The two companies are recovering far faster than their Western peers, so we reached out to Catherine Lim, Senior Analyst for Asia Consumer at Bloomberg Intelligence, to find out more.

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