All Zara articles – Page 18
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Opinion
Property comment: Recession? What recession?
You could be forgiven for thinking that there’s not much to be optimistic about in UK retail at the moment. But maybe the foreign retailers still flooding into the UK have seen something we haven’t?
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Opinion
Zara power
It has been described as “the most innovative and devastating retailer in the world” by its peers, and now it has taken the crown as the globe’s leading fashion retailer.
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News
Zara takes global fashion top spot
Zara has overtaken Gap to become the largest fashion retailer by sales in the world.
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News
Zara forces supplier factory closure
Fashion chain Zara has forced the closure of one of its supplier’s factories after a BBC programme found evidence that its staff were being ill-treated.
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News
Inditex first-quarter profits jump 10%
International fashion group Inditex has posted a 10 per cent first-quarter profit rise to €219 million ( 173.7 million).
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GalleryZara – Oxford Street
The refurbished store on Oxford Street looks a lot more expensive than the prices on the merchandise.
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AnalysisCity of gold: Can retailers tap London’s Square Mile?
The City oozes wealth. So, with the Square Mile and Docklands set to follow Canary Wharf by becoming mass-market shopping destinations, can retailers tap into this? Ben Cooper reports
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News
Inditex to cast €1bn growth net overseas as profits jump
Spanish clothing group Inditex has unveiled strong full-year profits and will look overseas to generate growth as its domestic clothing market softens.
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News
Inditex profits soar
Spanish fashion giant Inditex has posted a net profit increase of 25 per cent to €1.25 billion ( 995.5 million) in its full-year results and plans to launch a standalone accessories and footwear chain called Uterque.
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Analysis
Break from the norm
Zara’s new Oxford Street flagship is still minimalist, but it’s a far cry from the forgettable interiors of the past. John Ryan takes tour
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Opinion
Is love in the air?
On today of all days, talk of a love affair seems appropriate. And the subject? The British shoppers’ affection for overseas retailers.
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News
Liverpool One to host raft of Inditex stores
Fashion and homewares retailer Inditex will debut its youth fashion concept Pull & Bear in the UK as part of a raft of units it has secured at Grosvenor’s Liverpool One.
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Analysis
Sales Derby
It’s Sale time and the race is on to clear old stock. John Ryan takes a walk around the Westfield Derby centre with Karl McKeever to see how persuasive retailers’ strategies are
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AnalysisOn the back foot
2007 was another tough year for specialist shoe retailers and more recent news of floundering footwear players has done little to assuage fears for the new year. But, as Jennifer Creevy discovers, there is still a place for those with the right offer
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News
Inditex sales rocket
Inditex operating income rose 27 per cent in constant currency to €1.11 billion ( 801 million) in the nine months to October 31.
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News
Zara launches home offering online
Zara’s online home shopping business made its debut across 14 European countries today.
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News
Zara signs up to anchor Dublin Pavilions centre
Spanish fashion outfit Zara is to anchor the second phase of Chartered Land’s The Pavilions shopping centre in Swords, County Dublin. Zara will take a 15,070 sq ft(1,400 sq m) store across two levels. The retailer will be joined in the 64,585 sq ft (6,000 sq m) extension by brands ...
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News
Zara faces child labour allegations
Portuguese magazine claims children are made to sew Zara shoes
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News
Zara portfolio to reach 29 UK stores with new openings for Oxford and Inverness
Zara has signed up for two more stores, at Inverness and Oxford, taking its UK portfolio to 29 branches.