Zara (retailer)

Sears Canada Inc., the 196-store department store network fighting the GAP, H&M, Zara and many others for market share, has named veteran U.S. retail specialist Steven Goldsmith as executive vice-president of merchandising, apparel and accessories. "He has a broad...

Mumbai-based Phoenix Mills is planning expansion across India by setting up shopping malls 'Phoenix Market City' in the major cities like Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai by March 2012.Recently, Phoenix Market City has opened in Pune with a total investment...

Inditex, owner of the Zara fashion chain, is on the brink of overtaking Sweden’s Hennes & Mauritz to become the world’s most valuable listed fashion retailer, highlighting the companies’ divergent performance over recent months.The Spanish retailer’s market capitalisation briefly...

Inditex SA posted a 10 per cent rise in net profit for its first quarter, as the world's largest fashion retailer and owner of the fast-growing Zara chain continued its rapid international expansion away from its Spanish home market....

The lacklustre start to the sales season has failed to provide any relief from the "deflationary spiral" hitting major retailers. And industry experts said yesterday the culture of discount and counter-discount was driving customers away at a time when...

Great fashion at an affordable price – the vision that drove Koutons Retail India Ltd. from a relatively small beginning to becoming a dominant player in the branded menswear category in the India. The man behind...

The current slowdown in the macro economic environment has cast its shadow over retail as well, and with consumers increasingly becoming, what I call the three D’s – Discretionary (buying less) , Discerning (choosy) and Demanding (bargain hunting) –...