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Inditex sees profit grow in first half of 2025 as commercial activities pick up

Madrid – This morning, July 15, Inditex’s 2025 annual general meeting took place at the company’s headquarters in Arteixo, Galicia. The meeting, chaired by Marta Ortega Pérez, non-executive chair of the Spanish fashion multinational, saw the approval of the company's 2024 annual accounts. It also highlighted various ongoing initiatives and...

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Inditex reorders global leadership with changes at Zara Kids and Italy

Lorenzo Marcheselli, who until now led the Galician group's business in Italy, has been appointed the new director of Zara Kids. He replaces Begoña Costas, who is retiring after a 46-year career at the company, as reported by Modaes. Costas, a key figure within Zara's organisational structure, leaves behind a career marked by the consolidation...

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Zara-owner Inditex to sell all businesses in Russia

Spanish fashion retailer Inditex said Tuesday it would sell its business in Russia, seven months after the Zara-owner halted its operations in the country following the invasion of Ukraine. "Inditex has reached an initial agreement for the sale of its business in the Russian Federation to Daher group, which has prominent interests in the retail...

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Zara Woman launches collection for “outdoor” activities

Zara, the main chain of Spanish fashion giant Inditex strengthens its position in the growing and highly resilient sportswear sector with the launch of its first sports collection for women. A collection targeted at outdoor activities, designed especially for the practice of high-impact outdoor sports such as cycling or climbing. With the aim of...

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New era for Zara: Ortega Ortega takes the helm

Marta Ortega on Friday took the reins of Zara-owner Inditex, the group founded by her father, and faces an immediate challenge after the fashion giant temporarily closed shops in Russia, its second biggest market. With neither fanfare nor ceremony, the 38-year-old daughter of multibillionaire Amancio Ortega took over the world's biggest fashion...

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Video: O Night Divine by Zara

In this video, Zara has released a trailer for its short holiday film, O Night Divine. Watch the video below. Video: Zara via YouTube Photo credit: Image: Zara via YouTube

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Inditex's second quarter results divide analysts' opinion

Inditex registered a profit of 850 million euros and invoiced 6,993 million euros between May and July of this year. These results represent an improvement of 48 percent over the comparable 2020 period and a 1.2 percent jump from the same quarter of 2019. Quarterly revenues not only exceeded market forecasts but have become the second best in...

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Zara owner Inditex swings to Q1 profit as sales rebound

Spanish fashion giant Inditex has reported soaring sales in the first quarter of the year as it swung to a profit. For the three months ended April 30, sales soared 50 percent to 4.9 billion euros compared to last year when the company was hit hard by global store closures amid the first wave of the pandemic. Compared to pre-Covid 2019 levels of...

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Major fashion brands accused of cultural appropriation in Mexico

Mexico has blasted major clothing brands Zara, Anthropologie and Patowl for using patterns and other elements of Mexican indigenous textiles in their collections without permission, the ministry of culture said Friday. The ministry has sent letters to the three labels asking them to publicly clarify on what grounds "the collective property" of...

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Zara teams up with Fruit of the Loom for capsule collection

Spanish fashion giant Zara has teamed up with US fashion brand Fruit of the Loom to launch their first joint capsule collection. The collection takes inspiration from Fruit of the Loom’s classic styles with bright colours across a selection of t-shirts, sweatshirts with matching shorts and pants, and undergarments. “It’s an honor to collaborate...

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Zara to launch beauty collection

Zara has found its next frontier. The fast-fashion retailer is launching a beauty line that includes products for eyes, lips, face, and nails developed by British makeup artist Diane Kendal, who is famous for creating runway looks for brands including Marc Jacobs, Proenza Schouler, and Tom Ford. The collection will officially launch on May 12....

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Zara collaborates with Starter Black Label

2021 marks the 50th Anniversary of Starter, the athletic brand established in 1971, owned by Iconix Brand Group. To mark the occasion, the Starter brand has launched a partnership with Inditex owned brand Zara to develop and sell a capsule collection for spring/summer 2021. The Starter brand quickly rose to global stardom by connecting fans with...