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…
Link Securities | The textile group Inditex (ITX) is to inaugurate in its new shop in Hermosilla (Madrid) the concept of cafeterias that it will extend all over the world, according to the newspaper Expansión. The next shop openings with a Zacaffé will be in Tokyo (Japan) and Seoul (South Korea). The Zacaffé at Hermosilla 14 (Madrid) is located in the group’s new Zara Man shop, although it has a…
Alphavalue / Divacons | The Spanish fashion company launches Zara ‘Pre Owned’, the brand’s second-hand, garment repair and donation platform, in the United States, the first market outside Europe where it is launching this initiative, company sources told Europa Press. Thus, it joins the 16 European markets where it already offers repair, donation and sale between individuals: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,…
Renta 4 | The textile company will launch its Zara Streaming channel on 25 September. Zara began selling clothes via live or streaming internet broadcasts in November 2023 in China. Inditex announced in the presentation of 2Q24 results that it would extend streaming sales to the main European markets in the same month of September. For its launch in Europe, Inditex will count on the participation of the models Cindy…
Jefferies | ITX confirmed that it firmly belongs to the small group of consumer stocks still delivering handsomely for shareholders. Suspicion around the sustainability of sales delivery likely has been key to ITX’s derating versus relevant peers (we estimate by >25% in the past 18 months). And yet the group’s competitive moat is becoming wider, and relative revision momentum stronger. PT upped to €54 as we expect the valuation gap…
ITX’s Q1 results (in-line) and current trading (amply ahead) confirm the by- now-well-recognised investment narrative. One that sees the group continue to deliver ample market share gains. It is true that gross margin progress is now much more measured, and in turn the benefits to EBIT margin expansion more modest. Still, the net output in terms of earnings growth and TSR offered to shareholders remains impressive in a broader consumer…