Shanghai: With jaw-droppingly low prices and a seemingly endless selection of trendy clothes, Shein has taken the world by storm — and found itself in the crosshairs of French lawmakers who want to curb the excesses of fast fashion. Customers love the Chinese-founded firm’s massive catalogue of ultra-cheap items, from $8 sundresses to 48-cent bracelets,…
Madrid: Zara owner Inditex, the world’s biggest fashion retailer, on Wednesday reported its highest-ever profits in 2023 thanks to buoyant sales and its policy of raising prices. Its net profit reached 5.4 billion euros ($5.9 billion) last year, up 30 percent from 4.1 billion euros in 2022, which also was a record for the fashion…
Investors want Zara owner Inditex to follow rivals H&M and Primark in making its full list of suppliers public so they can better assess any supply chain risks. Inditex is an outlier among big clothing retailers in not publishing which factories it sources from. Regulators and investors want greater transparency and better disclosure from companies….
Inditex, the parent company of Zara and the world’s largest publicly listed fast fashion company, is taking steps to expand its budget-friendly brand Lefties in response to the growing competition from Chinese-founded Shein. The rise of Shein, an online marketplace known for its low prices and lack of physical stores, has created pressure for retailers…
LONDON: Zara owner Inditex , the world’s biggest listed fast fashion company by sales, is expanding its low-priced Gen Z-focused brand Lefties to counter Chinese-founded rival Shein. The rapid growth of Shein, an online marketplace with no physical stores, is putting pressure on retailers like Inditex and Sweden’s H&M to find ways to respond to…
MADRID: Swedish fashion retailer H&M announced on Friday a plan to close down more than a quarter of its stores and lay off as many as 588 workers in Spain, home of its bigger rival, Zara owner Inditex, local unions said. The company will carry out the layoffs for unspecified organizational, productive and economic reasons,…
Representational image Top global apparel and fast fashion brands appear to have struck a strong chord with young customers, racking up sales growth of anywhere between 40% and 60% in FY23, bucking the trend in a market where the overall demand for discretionary products slowed down. For instance, Swedish fashion retailer H&M and rival Zara…
Until the rise of online retail, you might have been forgiven for thinking that all apparel was shipped in burlap sacks. Those wanting their garment spending to be sustainable these days can take comfort in reusable wooden hangers, paper shopping bags, and recycled fibres. The only glimpse of plastic in many fashion stores is the…
Spanish fashion giant Mango has unveiled ambitious plans to establish 500 new stores by 2026, strategically targeting key markets like the United States, Canada, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and India.The family-owned retailer, positioned as a local competitor to Zara‘s parent company, Inditex, anticipates achieving record sales this year, projecting a growth of at least…
With Zara-owner Inditex and H&M set to disclose their most recent sales results, investors will be focused on one major question: how are the two fast-fashion pioneers responding to the current market leader, Shein? Shein has a huge valuation and is primed for an IPO. With sales almost entirely online, the retailer generated about $23…
