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 on Friday took the reins of Zara-owner Inditex, the group founded by her father, and faces an immediate challenge after the fashion giant closed shops in Russia, its second biggest market. https://www.thelocal.es/20220402/new-era-for-spains-zara-empire-as-ortega-heiress-takes-helm Sat, 02 Apr 2022 12:21:00 +0200 new-era-for-spains-zara-empire-as-ortega-heiress-takes-helm Faced with fierce online competition from the likes of Amazon, affordable fashion giants Zara and H&M are shoring up their defences, trying to use their stores to boost internet sales. https://www.thelocal.es/20180318/zara-shores-up-defences-as-internet-threatens Sun, 18 Mar 2018 14:00:30 +0100 zara-shores-up-defences-as-internet-threatens The billionaire founder of clothing giant Zara is donating €320 million ($361 million) in cutting-edge cancer-fighting equipment to hospitals in Spain, an act that has raised stinging criticism -- to the dismay and incredulity of patients. https://www.thelocal.es/20170615/zara-founders-cancer-donation-stirs-controversy-in-spain Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:28:28 +0200 zara-founders-cancer-donation-stirs-controversy-in-spain 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 Zara-owner Inditex posted a rise in first-half profits Wednesday thanks to a well-honed business model allowing the Spanish group to beat rivals in whisking new trends to the shop racks. https://www.thelocal.es/20160921/ara-owner-inditex-profits-rise-as-quick-trend-model-pays-off Wed, 21 Sep 2016 17:48:19 +0200 ara-owner-inditex-profits-rise-as-quick-trend-model-pays-off High street fashion brand Zara is rolling out a recycling scheme across its stores with the aim of giving customers’ used clothes a new lease of life. https://www.thelocal.es/20160712/zara-goes-green-with-recycling-bins-for-cast-off-clothes Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:52:42 +0200 zara-goes-green-with-recycling-bins-for-cast-off-clothes 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 daughter of Spain's richest man has shocked Spaniards after appearing nude on Instagram. https://www.thelocal.es/20160318/spains-rich-recluse-shocks-with-nude-photo Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:44:35 +0100 spains-rich-recluse-shocks-with-nude-photo 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 The Spanish fashion giant has launched a unisex range of clothing, but not everyone is happy about it. https://www.thelocal.es/20160310/zara-ungendered-unisex-fashion-nonsense Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:34:10 +0100 zara-ungendered-unisex-fashion-nonsense Spanish global clothing giant Inditex, owner of the Zara brand, reported Wednesday a sharp jump in profits in 2015 due to higher sales and its international expansion efforts. https://www.thelocal.es/20160309/fashion-chain-zara-profits-soar Wed, 09 Mar 2016 11:40:57 +0100 fashion-chain-zara-profits-soar Bill Gates is the number one richest man in the world and an internationally known name. But how much do you know about the Spaniard at spot number two? https://www.thelocal.es/20160302/five-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-worlds-second-richest-man Wed, 02 Mar 2016 16:58:12 +0100 five-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-worlds-second-richest-man 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 The five-storey bargain clothes store, located on Madrid´s Gran Vía, opened at 11am on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20151015/bargain-fashion-chain-primark-opens-biggest-store-in-spain Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:19:25 +0200 bargain-fashion-chain-primark-opens-biggest-store-in-spain Spanish clothing giant Inditex, owner of the Zara brand, said Wednesday its profits rose five percent last business year, driven by recovery in its key European markets. https://www.thelocal.es/20150318/inditex-profits-surge-in-european-recovery-sign Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:45:55 +0100 inditex-profits-surge-in-european-recovery-sign 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 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 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