Zara parent Inditex falls flat in “complex market”

Spanish fashion group Inditex has achieved only limited sales growth in the first half of 2025, due to the “complex market environment”. The Zara owner especially pointed to negative currency effects.

Only growth in Europe

Group sales rose just 1.6 % to 18.4 billion euros in the first six months of the year, while growth excluding currency effects was 5.1 %. At 10.08 billion euros, the second quarter did fall slightly short of the 10.26 billion euros analysts were expecting. Its Massimo Dutti brand even shrank slightly in the first semester.