Inditex has also expanded its online business, beginning e-commerce sales for Zara in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

(Bloomberg)—Inditex SA, the world’s largest clothing retailer, reported brisker sales in the current quarter as the owner of Zara added more shops and online businesses in Asia.

Revenue rose 16% in the start of this quarter through Sept. 10, excluding currency shifts, Arteixo, Spain- based Inditex said Wednesday in a regulatory filing. Same-store sales over that stretch increased 9%, a faster pace than the 7% figure for the first half of the year, according to estimates from Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Jamie Merriman.

Inditex, No. 58 in the Internet Retailer Europe 500 Guide, has had “a stellar start to the quarter,” Merriman said in a note. “This is another strong set of results.”

Inditex has opened more than 400 stores annually on average over the past five years. The 3.1% growth that economists forecast for Spain’s gross domestic product this year is bolstering sales in a market where Zara sells 129-euro (USD $145) leather jackets and 30-euro ($33) turtleneck sweaters. The company has also expanded its online business, beginning e-commerce sales for Zara in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau this month.

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