Tag: Zara

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Mexico targets global fashion houses for using indigenous patterns

  

  Mexico has targeted leading international fashion brands Zara, Anthropologie, and Patowl claiming they have taken advantage of the indigenous textile heritage of the country. In effect according to official complaints, these designers used patterns from indigenous Mexican groups in their designs without any benefit to the communities.

• Saturday, June 13th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Zara plans to close 1,200 outlets and invest heavily in boosting online sales

  

  Zara owner Inditex said it is permanently closing as many as 1,200 stores - 16% of its outlets worldwide - as the world's largest fashion retailer moves to boost online sales after posting its first-ever loss due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Monday, June 18th 2012 - 07:12 UTC

  Europe’s richest man is Spaniard Amancio Ortega, owner of Zara clothing chain

  

  Just as Spain asked Europe for a bailout of 125 billion Euros, Amancio Ortega, the septuagenarian Spaniard who founded retailer Inditex SA became the region’s richest man.