Inditex will open the world’s largest Zara store in Antwerp. The opening, scheduled for mid-2026, will be part of the Meir Corner project, an ambitious urban regeneration initiative that seeks to revitalise the city centre. Beyond a commercial expansion strategy, the opening aims to serve as a model of integration between retail and sustainable...
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H&M, Zalando, Zara and Decathlon are among the most successful companies in terms of cross-border e-commerce in Europe, according to a recent report by Cross-Border Commerce Europe. FashionUnited takes a look. The specialist company revealed its latest annual ranking of the top 500 European cross-border online shops in the seventh edition of its...
Apr 17, 2025
Shein, the ultra-fast fashion giant from China, strengthened its ever-tightening grip on the apparel market in 2024, outpacing competitors once more as budget-conscious consumers continued to turn to familiar brands amid growing economic uncertainty. The Singapore-based Shein is estimated to have extended its apparel market share by 0.24...
Mar 25, 2025
Spanish apparel giant Inditex has reaffirmed its commitment to China as a key market for future growth. Zara, the group's flagship brand, recently unveiled a new flagship store in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province. This new location showcases latest store concept, featuring the brand's first apparel vending machines and Asia's first...
Zara is set to debut the second episode of its live shopping format, Zara Streaming, on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 9:00 PM (Central European Standard Time). After a successful first episode in September 2024, the show will once again feature supermodels Cindy Crawford and her daughter Kaia Gerber as hosts, guiding viewers through a curated...
Mar 24, 2025
Inditex is adding a new market and will be present in a total of 215 countries by the end of 2025, with the opening of its first stores in Iraq. This was announced by the chief executive officer of Zara's parent company, Óscar García Maceiras, coinciding with the presentation of the company's annual results recorded during its last full year of...
Mar 13, 2025
Inditex’s largest shareholder, Amancio Ortega, is set to receive a record dividend payout of 3.1 billion euros this year, according to Bloomberg. As the owner of a fifty-nine percent stake in the retail giant, the Zara founder has benefitted from a nine percent increase in shareholder returns. While billion-dollar dividends remain a rarity in...
Mar 12, 2025
Simon Property, which owns shopping, dining, entertainment and mixed-use destinations across North America, Europe and Asia, has announced a multi-million-dollar investment project at Smith Haven Mall on Long Island. Located in Lake Grove and St. James, New York, the Smith Haven Mall is the main shopping destination for Long Island and currently...
Feb 11, 2025
Fashion chain Zara, which belongs to the Spanish fashion group Inditex, has started a collaboration with the British fashion designer Samuel Ross. This is not a one-off partnership, but rather an "ongoing, multi-part design dialogue," Zara said in a statement on Thursday. The collection, called SR_A (Samuel Ross Atelier), is a menswear capsule...
Jan 31, 2025
On Wednesday, Primark announced that it will open its first store dedicated exclusively to its Primark Home line in March in Ireland, the company's country of origin. This step forward in the brand's diversification strategy consolidates an increasingly established trend among the major leaders in the fashion industry: expanding their presence...
Jan 17, 2025
Inditex-owned Zara has unveiled an upsized flagship store in Liverpool One. The 42,000 square foot space is a 55 percent increase of its former capacity, and will now house a larger selection of menswear, womenswear and childrenswear across its two floors. In a release, Liverpool One said the flagship places the “customer experience at the...
Jan 3, 2025
From its position as the parent company of Zara, Zara Home, Massimo Dutti, Oysho, Lefties, Pull&Bear, Stradivarius, and Bershka, the Spanish giant Inditex continues to set the pace with its capacity for innovation and strategic expansion. FashionUnited analyses the key milestones, challenges, and movements that defined 2024 for the group,...