Inditex, the proprietor of ZARA, Massimo Dutti, Bershka and Pull&Bear, has as we speak revealed that gross sales grew by 7.5% to succeed in €38.6 billion due to ‘very nicely obtained’ collections.
The Spanish retail big, which operates in 214 markets, mentioned it reached “historic highs” in gross sales and earnings. It reported on-line gross sales progress of 12%, whereas retailer gross sales grew at a slower fee, up by 5.9%.
Gross revenue elevated 7.6% to €22.3 billion (£18.8 billion), and gross margin reached 57.8%. EBITDA elevated by 8.9% to €10.7 billion (£9 billion), and EBIT was up by 11% to €7.6 billion (£6.4 billion).
General, the corporate’s web revenue elevated by 9% to €5.9 billion (£4.9 billion).
Oscar García Maceiras, CEO of Inditex, mentioned: “The superb gross sales and revenue figures present the solidity of the Inditex Group’s worthwhile progress, primarily based on the standard of the industrial provide of all our codecs, the effectivity in all operations and the fixed innovation with which our groups drive a enterprise mannequin that continues to point out its ambition and power 50 years after the opening of our first retailer.”
Wanting forward, the corporate affirmed its “sturdy dedication to worthwhile progress”. The rise in annual gross house within the interval 2025-2026 is predicted to be round 5%.
It estimates a spend of €1.8 billion (£1.5 billion) in 2025 to put money into the optimisation of its industrial house, its technological integration and the advance of its on-line platforms.
Kicking off 2025, Inditex mentioned its Spring/Summer season collections have been nicely obtained. Retailer and on-line gross sales elevated by 4% between 1 February and 10 March 2025, and within the final industrial week alone, gross sales elevated by 7%.
