Image: Eamesbot | Dreamstime.com UNIQLO is betting that the future of shopping may still require getting off the sofa. As AI agents and recommendation systems make buying clothes online increasingly effortless, the Japanese retailer is putting more weight behind something distinctly physical: larger flagship stores where shoppers can touch, try, repair, and customize what they wear. Parent company Fast Retailing plans to roughly double UNIQLO’s flagship and flagship-equivalent stores in Japan