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A year into chairing the world’s biggest fashion retailer, Marta Ortega is trying to shake up Zara owner Inditex’s fast-fashion image and draw in more aspirational shoppers, according to analysts and investors.
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Zara owner Inditex said its Spring/Summer 2023 collection flew off shelves over the last six weeks but shares in the world’s biggest fashion retailer fell after it flagged higher spending on technology and automation.
Marta Ortega will start her job as chairwoman of Inditex next month with an unenviable task: dealing without Russia, the Zara owner’s second-largest market in terms of stores.
Wholesale remains essential for the luxury industry, but the rules of engagement have changed. Brands need to know how to minimise the risks and maximise the rewards in their relationships with multibrand players.
Small fashion labels have always been shortchanged by their wholesale partners. A wave of high-profile bankruptcies has turned a structural injustice into an existential crisis. There is a better way to do business, writes Imran Amed.
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The e-commerce giant is betting that a ‘culture of AI’ can solve the mysteries of physical retail and help power its new pricey namesake luxury label.
The Estée Lauder-owned beauty company and The Ordinary parent will relaunch one of its original brands as it moves to rekindle its reputation for incubation.
Wholesale remains essential for the luxury industry, but the rules of engagement have changed. Brands need to know how to minimise the risks and maximise the rewards in their relationships with multibrand players.
The Swedish fast-fashion retailer is one of a shrinking number of companies that’s still drawing attention to its emissions goals. Plus, a Shanghai Fashion Week preview.
Small fashion labels have always been shortchanged by their wholesale partners. A wave of high-profile bankruptcies has turned a structural injustice into an existential crisis. There is a better way to do business, writes Imran Amed.
