Link Securities | Inditex (ITX) has set its sights on Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), with the opening of a store in Caesars Palace, one of the largest gaming and shopping establishments in the state, according to a report on Tuesday by Expansión. Inditex announced that it will open a Zara flagship store in The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, the shopping centre of the famous hotel and casino. The…
Alphavalue/ Divacons | The Spanish fashion company plans to bring Lefties to London to compete directly with Primark. Although Zara continues to pursue a more premium positioning, the group is diversifying with low-cost brands, and Lefties fits into this segment, which has benefited from tight consumption. After growing in Spain, Portugal and Mexico, it is now expanding into France and the United Kingdom. Its great advantage over Shein, Temu and…
Alphavalue / Divacons | Shares in the Spanish fashion company rose 0.75% yesterday after UBS raised its recommendation to ‘buy’ from “neutral” and raised its target price from €48 to €52 thanks to a business model ‘based on local sourcing and the integration of physical and online sales’. Our analysts give Inditex upside potential of almost 10%. Meanwhile, José María Castellano, former CEO and vice-chairman of Inditex, passed away yesterday…
CdM | The textile company posted a net profit of €2.791 billion during the first half of its 2025-2026 fiscal year (between 1 February and 31 July), representing an increase of 0.8% over the previous year, according to Europa Press this morning. Inditex has thus once again achieved new records with its results, albeit with more moderate growth, below analysts’ forecasts. However, the company has highlighted the ‘strong’ start to…
Alphavalue/DIVACONS | On Tuesday, Óscar García Maceiras, CEO of the textile group, informed the General Shareholders’ Meeting that Inditex (ITX) will face the tariff scenario imposed by Donald Trump through innovation, flexibility and diversification of its business model. Maceiras detailed the success of collaborations such as Zara and Zara Home’s ‘The Apartment’ and the opening of Zacafé in Madrid, as well as the expansion of new customer interactions in markets…
Link Securities | Inditex (ITX) CEO Oscar García Maceiras said that conditions are not right for the owner of Zara to return to Russia, more than two years after it sold its local business following the invasion of Ukraine, according to the Inditex newspaper. When asked what circumstances would be right for the group to return to the market, the executive told the Financial Times that ‘an environment that is…
Bankinter | Sales in the textile sector in Spain stagnated in 2024 and 2025 is not expected to be ‘the year of recovery’. They grew by 0.17% to €11.04 billion, according to Acotex, the textile trade association. It forecasts heavy summer sales due to excess inventories, which will boost sales, but the end of the year faces high uncertainty. Analysis team’s view: Spending on clothing and discretionary consumption in general…
Jefferies | ITX’s 5% Q4 EBIT beat confirmed the compounding power of the group’s affordable quality fashion proposition. Of course, it will be the clear miss in current trading at a 4% gain (versus we think buy-side at 7%/8%) which will set the debate this morning. The acceleration to 7% last week (as weather turned more seasonal) suggests that meteorological conditions were especially difficult during a small part of Q1…
Link Securities | Inditex (ITX) has announced the opening of the Group’s first For&From shop in the Aztec country, in the Samara Shops shopping centre in Mexico City. Mexico is the fourth market in which the company has incorporated this format of shops for the social and occupational integration of people with disabilities, after the openings in Spain, Italy and Portugal, according to Bolsamania. The company explained in a statement…
Jefferies | ITX’s Q3 update sees small misses at top-line, fx, gross margin and opex level result in a total EBIT shortfall of around 7%. Current trading is fractionally light but not inconsistent with a likely dd Q4 topline delivery. Net/net the group’s impressive growth credentials look confirmed, but the shares likely needed a better print to prevent some profit-taking today. Call at 8AM UK time.Detail Q3 EBIT 7% below…