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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...

May 7, 2021

Fashion

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....

May 3, 2021

Fashion

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...

Apr 1, 2021

Retail

Inditex accused of turning a blind eye amid rising tensions in China boycott crisis

On Thursday, China, backed by the Chinese government itself, started retaliating against the Western boycott of cotton produced in the ‘Uyghur labor camps’ of Xinjiang, calling for its own boycott against international fashion companies. The boycott primarily affected Swedish retail giant H&M on Thursday, but is now also being launched against...

Mar 26, 2021

Business

Fast Retailing unseats Inditex in terms of market capitalization for the first time

The parent group of Uniqlo has unseated Inditex for the first time in history, rising to the title of the world’s largest retailer by market capitalization after closing the sessions on Monday and Tuesday, exceeding 100 billion dollars in value on the stock market. The value of Fast Retailing, the Japanese company that owns the fast fashion...

Feb 17, 2021

Management

Inditex profit drops but sales recover over Q2

Inditex generated a net profit of 671 million euros in the nine months of FY20 and 866 million euros in the third quarter, while Ebitda reached 1.85 billion euros in the quarter, down from 2.23 billion euros in the prior year. The company said in a statement that the sales trend continued to improve with sales declining by 14 percent or 10...

Dec 15, 2020

Fashion

CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists collaborate with Zara

Could Zara be coming for H&M’s crown as the fast-fashion designer collaboration retailer? A select group of the 2019 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists have collaborated with Zara for a limited-edition collection currently available for purchase. The designers who are participating include Barragán, Private Policy, Abasi Rosborough, and Alejandra...

Dec 11, 2020

Management

Inditex returns to profit in Q2, expects further recovery in Q3

Inditex Group sales continued to recover during the first half of 2020 to reach 8 billion euros, decline of 37 percent, helped by an improved second quarter, when the fall in sales slowed to 31 percent, from a decline of 44 percent in the first quarter. The company said in a statement that it also returned to net profit in the second quarter of...

Sep 16, 2020

Report

Inditex budget brand Lefties makes online debut

Zara owner Inditex has launched its budget brand Lefties online for the first time. The brand, which sells clothes for women, men, kids and babies, will initially be available only for online shoppers in Spain and Portugal, with all its collections made available online in both markets. Lefties currently has brick-and-mortar stores in nine...

Sep 4, 2020

Business

Shopping online? This is what retailers know and do with data

The convenience of online shopping has changed the world of e-commerce and how we shop for clothes. Online sales have been a lifeline to many retailers when physical stores were forced to close during the pandemic, but what are they doing with the data they collect from shoppers? From every ‘add to a wish list,’ basket or payment, the world’s...

Sep 2, 2020

Retail

Zara picks dLocal as payment platform in Uruguay and Paraguay

Fintech company, dLocal, has announced that it is supporting fashion giant and first Inditex brand, Zara, in its e-commerce operations in Uruguay and Paraguay through the use of its 360 payments platform. With this platform, Zara will be able to accept local credit card payments with the option of monthly installments. Customers will now be able...

Aug 26, 2020

Fashion

Inditex and Industriall pledge to support suppliers during Covid-19

Inditex, owner of Zara and seven other large fashion retailers, has committed to maintaining workers’ rights through its supply chains and through the stability of payments. Together with the Industriall Global Union, a representative of 50 million workers in the garment industry, the pair have issued a joint pledge to reaffirm their commitments...

Aug 6, 2020