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Zara is an Inditex-owned retailer headquartered in Arteixo, Spain and is one of the largest international fashion companies globally.

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Retail

Textile Company Places Rare Bet on Turkey's Kurdish Southeast

The Iskur group, a supplier to fashion brands including Zara, Adidas and Nike, sees its $100 million investment as showing the way for other companies from western Turkey to take advantage of government incentives.

Retail

Textile Company Places Rare Bet on Turkey's Kurdish Southeast

The Iskur group, a supplier to fashion brands including Zara, Adidas and Nike, sees its $100 million investment as showing the way for other companies from western Turkey to take advantage of government incentives.


Retail

Are Fast Fashion Disruptors in Danger of Disruption?

The Asian and European fast fashion giants that disrupted American retail are now themselves feeling pressure.

Retail

Are Fast Fashion Disruptors in Danger of Disruption?

The Asian and European fast fashion giants that disrupted American retail are now themselves feeling pressure.


Retail

China's Love of Parisian Chic Boosts SMCP Profits

SMCP, the group behind French fashion brands Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot, is benefiting from buoyant demand among a fast-growing middle class in China, where it already has 70 stores.

Retail

China's Love of Parisian Chic Boosts SMCP Profits

SMCP, the group behind French fashion brands Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot, is benefiting from buoyant demand among a fast-growing middle class in China, where it already has 70 stores.


Retail

Op-Ed | Arket Launch Is Smart, but H&M Must Get Core Brand Marching Again

H&M's core brand is under pressure from cheaper rivals, such as Primark and Boohoo. So its response, to diversify into new brands with a different aesthetic and higher prices, is smart.

Retail

Op-Ed | Arket Launch Is Smart, but H&M Must Get Core Brand Marching Again

H&M's core brand is under pressure from cheaper rivals, such as Primark and Boohoo. So its response, to diversify into new brands with a different aesthetic and higher prices, is smart.


Retail

H&M Invests in Supply Chain as Fashion Rivalry Intensifies

After years of hectic expansion across the world, H&M's profitability has faltered as Inditex and online specialist ASOS gain an edge in fast fashion.

Retail

H&M Invests in Supply Chain as Fashion Rivalry Intensifies

After years of hectic expansion across the world, H&M's profitability has faltered as Inditex and online specialist ASOS gain an edge in fast fashion.


Retail

Zara Founder to Donate $344 million for Breast Cancer-Screening

The donation will be the biggest outlay to date by the Amancio Ortega Foundation, which is funded by dividend payments from Inditex, the world's biggest fashion retailer and owner of the Zara chain.

Retail

Zara Founder to Donate $344 million for Breast Cancer-Screening

The donation will be the biggest outlay to date by the Amancio Ortega Foundation, which is funded by dividend payments from Inditex, the world's biggest fashion retailer and owner of the Zara chain.


Financial Markets

Next Shares Rise as it Holds Profit Forecast in Tough UK Market

The UK retailer maintained its forecast that profit will fall this year to between £680 million ($849 million) and £780 million, defying some analyst predictions that CEO Simon Wolfson would lower it.

Financial Markets

Next Shares Rise as it Holds Profit Forecast in Tough UK Market

The UK retailer maintained its forecast that profit will fall this year to between £680 million ($849 million) and £780 million, defying some analyst predictions that CEO Simon Wolfson would lower it.


Retail

How 'Brazil's H&M' Defied the Recession

Fast fashion giant Riachuelo has been turning a profit and expanding rapidly. But how did the billion-dollar giant navigate the country’s crisis?

Retail

How 'Brazil's H&M' Defied the Recession

Fast fashion giant Riachuelo has been turning a profit and expanding rapidly. But how did the billion-dollar giant navigate the country’s crisis?


News & Analysis

Acne Reboots Denim Strategy

The hip Swedish label, best known for the skinny jeans that drove its early success, speaks exclusively to BoF about its plans to radically reshape its denim offering.

News & Analysis

Acne Reboots Denim Strategy

The hip Swedish label, best known for the skinny jeans that drove its early success, speaks exclusively to BoF about its plans to radically reshape its denim offering.


News & Analysis

‘See Now, Buy Now’ is Not Dead — But Remains Unproven

Silas Chou’s failed experiment at Thakoon is not the end of ‘see now, buy now,’ but it does underscore the limits of the approach for smaller brands and the sheer scale of investment and effort required to make it work.

News & Analysis

‘See Now, Buy Now’ is Not Dead — But Remains Unproven

Silas Chou’s failed experiment at Thakoon is not the end of ‘see now, buy now,’ but it does underscore the limits of the approach for smaller brands and the sheer scale of investment and effort required to make it work.