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Zara is an Inditex-owned retailer headquartered in Arteixo, Spain and is one of the largest international fashion companies globally.

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Sustainability

Fast Fashion’s Race Into Resale Has Yet to Shift Its Core Business Model

Zara and Shein are the latest brands to enter the fast-growing secondary market, citing sustainability goals, but for the most part it’s business as usual.

Sustainability

Fast Fashion’s Race Into Resale Has Yet to Shift Its Core Business Model

Zara and Shein are the latest brands to enter the fast-growing secondary market, citing sustainability goals, but for the most part it’s business as usual.


Sustainability

Eco-Fashion’s Next Big Idea: Turn Pollution Into Products

Sound like science fiction? Companies like On, Pangaia, Zara and Lululemon are already experimenting with materials and dyes produced with captured carbon emissions and the new US climate bill could speed up adoption.

Sustainability

Eco-Fashion’s Next Big Idea: Turn Pollution Into Products

Sound like science fiction? Companies like On, Pangaia, Zara and Lululemon are already experimenting with materials and dyes produced with captured carbon emissions and the new US climate bill could speed up adoption.


Technology

The Technologies Reinventing Physical Retail

In-store mobile apps and micro-fulfilment tech can address consumer pain points and enable companies to incorporate their physical retail networks into omnichannel shopping journeys.

Technology

The Technologies Reinventing Physical Retail

In-store mobile apps and micro-fulfilment tech can address consumer pain points and enable companies to incorporate their physical retail networks into omnichannel shopping journeys.


Retail

Why Missguided Is a Cautionary Tale — and Not Just for Fast Fashion

Missguided, which went into administration and was bought in a fire sale this week, never quite established a unique style or signature product category that would differentiate it from bigger rivals like Boohoo, Asos or H&M.

Retail

Why Missguided Is a Cautionary Tale — and Not Just for Fast Fashion

Missguided, which went into administration and was bought in a fire sale this week, never quite established a unique style or signature product category that would differentiate it from bigger rivals like Boohoo, Asos or H&M.


Retail

Is This the Beginning of the End for Free Returns?

For much of the last two decades, online retailers have competed to offer cheaper, more convenient shopping experiences. What happens when one of the world’s biggest apparel sellers bucks the trend?

Retail

Is This the Beginning of the End for Free Returns?

For much of the last two decades, online retailers have competed to offer cheaper, more convenient shopping experiences. What happens when one of the world’s biggest apparel sellers bucks the trend?


Technology

The Key to E-Commerce Success: Treat Clothing as Content

For many consumers, the endless feed of new styles offered by online retailers like Shein, The RealReal and Grailed is as much about entertainment as shopping. Either way, they’re hooked.

Technology

The Key to E-Commerce Success: Treat Clothing as Content

For many consumers, the endless feed of new styles offered by online retailers like Shein, The RealReal and Grailed is as much about entertainment as shopping. Either way, they’re hooked.


Retail

The $100 Billion Shein Phenomenon, Explained

BoF breaks down how the fast-fashion disruptor has built a global business that now rivals incumbent players like Zara and H&M.

Retail

The $100 Billion Shein Phenomenon, Explained

BoF breaks down how the fast-fashion disruptor has built a global business that now rivals incumbent players like Zara and H&M.


Workplace & Talent

More Than a Chairperson: Founder’s Daughter Takes Zara Helm

Marta Ortega will lead Inditex with a more hands-on role than originally expected, but a much lower salary than her predecessor.

Workplace & Talent

More Than a Chairperson: Founder’s Daughter Takes Zara Helm

Marta Ortega will lead Inditex with a more hands-on role than originally expected, but a much lower salary than her predecessor.


Luxury

From Luxury to High Street, All Eyes On the USA

Fashion brands that looked to China to drive growth for much of the last decade are leaning into the opportunity in the United States.

Luxury

From Luxury to High Street, All Eyes On the USA

Fashion brands that looked to China to drive growth for much of the last decade are leaning into the opportunity in the United States.


Retail

Inditex Chairwoman’s First Task: Overseeing Zara Without Russia

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.

Retail

Inditex Chairwoman’s First Task: Overseeing Zara Without Russia

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.