Inditex generated โฌ3.25 billion in profits in 2021, compared to โฌ1.1 billion in 2020 and โฌ3.65 billion in 2019. For instance, in 2021, most of the company’s profit before tax came from Zara, at โฌ2.89 billion, followed by Stradivarius โฌ332 million, Bershka โฌ321 million, Pull&Bear โฌ317 million, Massimo Dutti โฌ250 million, and Oysho โฌ89 million.
Inditex follows a company-managed store strategy. The most prominent brand is Zara, with 1684 company-managed stores vs. 255 franchised stores in 2021.
Inditex follows a company-operated store strategy, generating most of its revenue from company-operated stores.
Indeed, Inditex generated most of its sales from company-operated stores in 2021 in the following order:
Zara: 88% of sales from company-managed vs. 12% from franchised.
Pull&Bear: 82% of sales from company-managed vs. 18% from franchised.
Massimo Dutti: 84% of sales from company-managed vs. 16% from franchised.
Bershka: 82% of sales from company-managed vs. 18% from franchised.
Stradivarius: 77% of sales from company-managed vs. 23% from franchised.
Oysho: 84% from company-managed vs. 16% from franchised.
In 2021, Inditex generated โฌ7.5 billion in online global sales vs. โฌ6.6 billion in 2020. In 2022, online sales represented 25.5% of the total sales, vs. 32% in 2020.
Zara is a brand part of the retail empire Inditex. Zara is the leading brand, with over โฌ18 billion in sales in 2018 (comprising Zara Home), and an integrated retail format with quick sales cycles. Zara follows an integrated retail format where customers are free to move from physical to digital experience.
Pull&Bear had 706 company-managed stores vs. 158 franchised stores in 2021, compared to 715 company-managed stores vs. franchised 158 franchised stores.
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