https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Marta Ortega, daughter of Spain's wealthiest man, will take over as chairwoman of the world's biggest fashion retailer in a generational shift for the firm, Inditex announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20211130/amancio-ortegas-daughter-to-take-over-as-zara-and-inditex-boss Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:20:34 +0100 amancio-ortegas-daughter-to-take-over-as-zara-and-inditex-boss Spain's textile sector, flush with the glittering success of brands such as Zara, is beginning to recover from a crisis sparked by cut-throat competition from Asia that destroyed a third of its firms in less than a decade. https://www.thelocal.es/20170326/after-crisis-spain-textiles-sector-dons-new-colours Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:08:14 +0200 after-crisis-spain-textiles-sector-dons-new-colours An 18-year-old launched a petition to get the world’s largest retailer to sell larger sizes - and it worked. https://www.thelocal.es/20160518/spanish-teen-wins-battle-with-zara-to-sell-plus-sizes Wed, 18 May 2016 17:37:19 +0200 spanish-teen-wins-battle-with-zara-to-sell-plus-sizes The fashion brand has been forced to pull a T-shirt from its stores after a petition argued it's slogan was offensive to those suffering from coeliac disease. https://www.thelocal.es/20160315/gluten-free-slogan-on-zara-shirt-sparks-outrage-coeliac-in-spain Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:07:19 +0100 gluten-free-slogan-on-zara-shirt-sparks-outrage-coeliac-in-spain Spanish global clothing giant Inditex, owner of the Zara brand, posted a 20-percent surge in nine-month net profits on Thursday as its investments and expansion began to pay off. https://www.thelocal.es/20151210/inditex-profits-surge-20-percent-as-online-sales-boosts-high-street-fashion Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:07:53 +0100 inditex-profits-surge-20-percent-as-online-sales-boosts-high-street-fashion A campaign to banish "anorexic mannequins" from Inditex stores because they promote "an impossible beauty ideal" has garnered huge support in Spain and forced the fashion giant to act. https://www.thelocal.es/20151203/over-100000-people-sign-petition-for-inditex-to-banish-anorexic-mannequins Thu, 03 Dec 2015 12:05:57 +0100 over-100000-people-sign-petition-for-inditex-to-banish-anorexic-mannequins The Spanish fashion giant is to install iPads in its changing rooms so customers can request clothes to be brought straight to them. https://www.thelocal.es/20151130/zara-looks-to-new-technology-to-give-stores-a-facelift Mon, 30 Nov 2015 11:23:59 +0100 zara-looks-to-new-technology-to-give-stores-a-facelift Pablo Isla of Spanish fashion giant Inditex has risen to the rank of third most successful CEO in the world according to the Harvard Business Review. https://www.thelocal.es/20151013/spanish-ceo-rockets-up-corporate-leader-rankings-to-third-best-in-world Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:31:20 +0200 spanish-ceo-rockets-up-corporate-leader-rankings-to-third-best-in-world Inditex has agreed to a permanent ban on angora wool in all its stores worldwide bowing to pressure from animal rights groups. https://www.thelocal.es/20150209/inditex-drops-cruel-angora-wool Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:09:00 +0100 inditex-drops-cruel-angora-wool Amancio Ortega, Spain's richest man and the head of the fashion empire Inditex, has bought a massive building in Madrid's iconic Gran Vía, a move which will see him become the landlord of several rival fashion brands. https://www.thelocal.es/20150126/inditex-boss-snaps-up-madrid-landmark-for Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:49:00 +0100 inditex-boss-snaps-up-madrid-landmark-for Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has been named the new face of US fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, a role which will see him stripping for an underwear advertising campaign. https://www.thelocal.es/20141217/rafa-nadal-named-new-face-of-tommy-hilfiger-fashion Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:33:00 +0100 rafa-nadal-named-new-face-of-tommy-hilfiger-fashion Spanish clothing giant Inditex, which owns Zara, has restricted customer purchases to five items per month in its stores in Venezuela as it struggles with a massive upswing in demand. https://www.thelocal.es/20141117/zara-rations-clothing-sales-in-venezuelan-stores-inditex Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:11:00 +0100 zara-rations-clothing-sales-in-venezuelan-stores-inditex Brazilian top model Adriana Lima was in Barcelona on Monday to lanch the autumn–winter range of Spanish fashion label Desigual after signing on recently to be an ambassador for the booming brand. https://www.thelocal.es/20140630/top-model-adriana-lima-to-desigual-fashion-spain Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:17:00 +0200 top-model-adriana-lima-to-desigual-fashion-spain The internet retail giant Amazon opened its virtual doors on Wednesday to a 700,000-strong fashion collection from over 2,000 brands as it sets out to challenge its rivals in Spain's booming clothing sector. https://www.thelocal.es/20140522/amazon-launches-online-clothes-shop-in-spain Thu, 22 May 2014 13:16:00 +0200 amazon-launches-online-clothes-shop-in-spain With a whopping €47.6 billion ($64 billion) in the bank, it comes as no surprise that Inditex co-founder Amancio Ortega tops Forbes's Spain Rich List. The Local takes a look at some of the other Spanish multimillionaires living la vida rica. https://www.thelocal.es/20131104/forbes-crowns-zara-boss-as-spains-richest Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:50:00 +0100 forbes-crowns-zara-boss-as-spains-richest Spanish textile giant Inditex, owner of global fashion brand Zara, reported Wednesday a slight rise in profits in the first half of 2013 and a solid start to sales in the second half. https://www.thelocal.es/20130918/textile-giant-inditex-posts-weak-profit-growth Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:47:16 +0200 textile-giant-inditex-posts-weak-profit-growth Spanish textile giant Inditex, owner of the Zara brand, announced on Wednesday a rise in quarterly profit as it pursued a global expansion with a string of new stores including in Japan, China and Russia. https://www.thelocal.es/20130612/zara-sales-soar-as-brand-goes-global Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:25:00 +0200 zara-sales-soar-as-brand-goes-global Global clothing giants Inditex and H&M on Monday promised to sign up to a plan to improve safety for workers in the factories they use in Bangladesh, in the wake of a deadly factory collapse there. https://www.thelocal.es/20130514/inditex-pledges-health-and-safety-for-bangladesh Tue, 14 May 2013 11:23:00 +0200 inditex-pledges-health-and-safety-for-bangladesh Spanish clothing giant Mango said on Thursday it had placed only a 'small' number of sample orders for 25,000 items at a factory in a collapsed building in Bangladesh where more than 200 people died. https://www.thelocal.es/20130426/mango-talks-down-ties-to-collapsed-bangladesh-plant Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:45:00 +0200 mango-talks-down-ties-to-collapsed-bangladesh-plant With Spain mired in a long-running crisis, the country's leading fashion designers are looking beyond their traditional markets in their bid to drum up new business. https://www.thelocal.es/20130225/designers-sketch-plans-for-emerging-markets Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:40:00 +0100 designers-sketch-plans-for-emerging-markets