All Zara articles – Page 2
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Deep diveThe state of fashion: Where do rising costs and returns leave the sector?
Fashion retailers might have been benefiting from the return to the office – and the revival of events such as festivals and weddings – but many businesses have flagged ongoing headwinds that are likely to dampen progress.
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NewsZara starts charging customers for online returns
Zara has started charging shoppers who return items purchased online.
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AnalysisData: More than half of retail supply chain leaders considered quitting in the past year
Retail Week’s latest report, Chain Reaction, features findings from interviews with retail supply chain and IT executives on their motivations, concerns and aspirations for the sector.
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GalleryStore gallery: Zara unveils most tech-driven store yet with scan-and-go payments and automated returns
Zara has opened its most innovative store concept in Plaza de España in Madrid.
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AnalysisChanging rooms: Why H&M, Next and Joules are making over the homewares sector
The homewares market has soared over the past two years as housebound consumers sought to redecorate and reimagine their living spaces. Retail Week explores how this trend has shifted the playing field across an already fragmented sector.
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NewsFashion giant Inditex warns of price rises as inflation hits
Zara owner Inditex has introduced price rises across its different brands in line with cost inflation.
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NewsZara owner Inditex posts sales and profits surge
Inditex, owner of businesses including Zara, has reported rocketing annual sales and profits.
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NewsInditex, Burberry and Harrods cut ties with Russia
Zara owner Inditex has shut up shop in Russia, closing more than 500 stores and pausing online trading in the country.
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NewsNext launches first vegan skincare range as it bolsters health and beauty offering
Next has launched its own skincare brand, which consumers will be able to purchase directly from the retailer’s website.
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AnalysisServe yourself: Could checkout staff become obsolete?
Self-checkouts have become commonplace across the grocery sector – but as other sectors jump on the bandwagon, could it soon become the status quo?
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NewsH&M and Inditex register soaring sales as fashion rebounds
Fashion giants H&M and Inditex have both hailed their sales recovery following lockdowns in the lead up to the festive season.
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NewsInditex hails next generation, naming new chair and chief executive
Inditex has completed a “generational handover” with its founder’s daughter, Marta Ortega Perez, set to take the reins.
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NewsZara owner Inditex profits and sales hit ‘historic highs’ bolstered by online surge
Zara parent company Inditex has recorded a spike in interim profits and sales driven by record-breaking second-quarter revenues.
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NewsZara owner Inditex reports sales above pre-pandemic levels
Fashion giant Inditex, owner of retailers including Zara, has reported strong quarterly sales growth and revenues have subsequently been ahead of pre-pandemic levels.
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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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Prospect 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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Prospect AnalysisTechnology strategy at Zara
Fast communication is one of the main reasons why Zara is as efficient as it is. For each new ‘wave’ of products to hit the stores, store managers relay both sales data and customer feedback to the commercial team.
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Prospect AnalysisZara (Strategy)
One of world’s largest fashion retailers, Inditex’s agile infrastructure has propelled it to become the world’s largest fashion retailer. It pioneered the fast fashion model envied by its rivals, which enables it to get products from design stage into store in just three weeks depending on its sourcing.
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Prospect AnalysisStores at Zara
Zara owner Inditex is advancing its strategy of integration between online and instore. Its latest Zara store concepts house spaces dedicated to specific collections such as lingerie and beauty, combined with the introduction of processes and technological improvements in customer experience such as Pay and Go, ‘Store Mode’ and click and collect robotics.
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Prospect AnalysisZara (People)
Like other global retail giants such as Ikea, Inditex tends to move its senior leaders around the group.