All Zara articles – Page 4
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AnalysisMixing it up: How Hotel Chocolat and Joules are diversifying to drive growth
Diversification is a growing trend for retailers, from new product categories to new store formats and other customer propositions. But can adding more strings to your bow offer a route to long-term growth?
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Retail Navigator AnalysisZara (SWOT)
Inditex is continuing to expand its global store network, thus enabling further economies of scale that should also benefit the Zara business in the UK.
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Retail Navigator Analysis
Zara (Overview)
Zara has been in the UK since the late 1990s and has been steadily increasing its sales as its on-trend designs at competitive prices have struck a chord with consumers.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisZara (Financials)
The bulk of Inditex sales continue to come from its Zara fascia (Zara and Zara Home), where sales climbed 9.6% to €26.1bn (£22.6bn) for the year ending January 2024 (FY2023).
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NewsZara to launch first ever beauty collection with inclusivity at heart
Zara has announced plans to launch its own beauty range both in-store and online from May 12.
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AnalysisDeep dive: How much Amazon and Walmart are investing – and should you follow suit?
As retailers ramp up for the new normal, how are titans Inditex, Tesco, Walmart, Amazon and Walgreens investing?
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DataData: Four charts that lay bare Inditex’s ‘challenging’ year
In a tumultuous year for fashion retail, global powerhouse Inditex has been battered by store closures and restrictions. Retail Week examines the key charts that tell the story of the fashion giant’s pandemic performance – and why chief executive Pablo Isla is positive about the future
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NewsZara owner Inditex posts sales and profit fall in ‘challenging year’
Fashion giant Inditex’s executive chair Pablo Isla said the business has “emerged stronger” from the coronavirus pandemic despite suffering a slump in full-year profits.
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AnalysisFrom catwalk to high street: is genderless fashion the future?
Not only did London Fashion Week go digital this year, it went genderless – but what could that mean for fashion retail?
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DataData: Which fashion giants got peak buying right?
The New Year Sales are an important part of the retail calendar and what a retailer does during this period can provide an indicator to the wider health of the business, especially after Christmas.
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NewsZara owner reports recovery as online sales grow and stores improve
Fashion giant Inditex, which owns Zara, celebrated a “strong recovery in operations” during its third quarter ahead of more lockdowns in various countries.
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GalleryStore gallery: Zara’s global concept superstore at Bluewater
Zara has launched a new concept store in Bluewater shopping centre, double the size of its previous store.
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AnalysisSeven big mistakes that retailers keep making online
Online is a more important channel for retailers than ever. But far too many businesses are still making mistakes that irritate customers and hinder conversion. Retail Week highlights seven of them
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AnalysisAnalysis: Three ways Inditex beat the fashion blues to return to profit
Zara owner Inditex swung back into the black during its second quarter, despite the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsInditex returns to profitability as online sales soar
Inditex has posted a profit in its second quarter, as it begins to recover from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Opinion‘UK fashion retail’s choice – lie down and accept decline or come back fighting’
Little more than 20 years ago, Marks & Spencer made headlines when profits hit £1bn. Eighty per cent of its £6.7bn turnover came from the clothing business. Only just over a decade ago, Topshop was poised to conquer America – the opening of a flagship store in Soho in New York had queues around the block and Philip Green was feted in every fashion publication.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What Inditex’s strategy tells us about the future of fashion
Inditex has unveiled plans to better integrate its online and offline propositions, invest in larger flagship stores and harness RFID technology within its new ‘in-store mode’ app. But what do such plans tell us about the direction of travel in fashion retail?
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NewsZara owner Inditex posts first-ever quarterly loss
Zara owner Inditex has reported its first-ever quarterly loss as the coronavirus crisis took its toll on the group’s bottom line.
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NewsInditex posts profits rise but makes €287m coronavirus provision
Fashion giant Inditex has reported a rise in full-year profits but the advance was scaled back by a coronavirus provision.
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AnalysisAnalysis: After a disappointing Christmas, how can fashion retailers get back on trend?
As retailers post trading updates for that all-important peak trading period large parts of the fashion sector have been washed out and hung up to dry.
