Japanese billionaire Tadashi Yanai is either crazy like a fox or just crazy. On the heels of a recession and devas-tating earthquake, his youth-oriented apparel retailer, Uniqlo, is in major expansion mode in what looks like a direct challenge to U.S. clothing sellers like Zara and the Gap.On Oct 14 Uniqlo will open its global flagship in the largest retail space on New York's Fifth Avenue—an 89,000-square-foot outpost A week later a 64,000-square-foot store in the city opens, Uniqlo's second-largest location worldwide.What is Yanai (net worth: $7.6 billion) thinking? Apparently nothing short of worldwide retail-market dominance
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