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 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 Spanish fashion brand Mango has been slammed for racism after launching its new 'tribal' campaign in Barcelona using US model Kendall Jenner. https://www.thelocal.es/20160129/kendall-jenner-racism-row-models-mango-tribal-barcelona Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:25:36 +0100 kendall-jenner-racism-row-models-mango-tribal-barcelona Spanish fashion giant Mango has been slammed in Germany for selling a shirt the design of which contains motifs that some claim look like the insignia of the Nazi's secret police, the SS. https://www.thelocal.es/20141017/mango-under-fire-for-nazi-shirt-germany-fashion Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:33:00 +0200 mango-under-fire-for-nazi-shirt-germany-fashion UPDATED: The Spanish clothing giant Zara has apologized for selling a striped shirt for children which appears to resemble the clothes worn by prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. https://www.thelocal.es/20140827/zara-shocks-with-holocaust Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:23:00 +0200 zara-shocks-with-holocaust Spanish fashion giant Mango launched a new collection of clothes in larger sizes on Wednesday despite criticisms the range is discriminatory and sends women mixed messages on body image. https://www.thelocal.es/20140115/mangos-new-plus-sized-clothes-are-too-small Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:08:00 +0100 mangos-new-plus-sized-clothes-are-too-small 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 artist Yolanda Dominguez shocked shoppers on Madrid's emblematic Gran Via on Tuesday by staging a re-enactment of last month's Bangladesh factory disaster to raise awareness about the working conditions in the Asian country's textile industry. https://www.thelocal.es/20130530/spanish-artist-fights-for-fashions-real-victims Thu, 30 May 2013 19:02:00 +0200 spanish-artist-fights-for-fashions-real-victims 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 Top Spanish fashion retailer Mango on Monday apologized after it accidentally advertised a necklace on its website as "slave style". https://www.thelocal.es/20130304/mango-sorry-for-slave-translation-gaffe Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:53:00 +0100 mango-sorry-for-slave-translation-gaffe