[pageLogInLogOut]

#Retail & Brands

Inditex reports strong Q1 2024 performance

Inditex's sales grew by 7.1% in Q1 2024, reaching €8.2 billion. Sales in constant currency rose by 10.6%. Gross profit increased by 7.3% to €4.9 billion, with a gross margin of 60.6%. Operating expenses increased by 6.4%, below the sales growth rate. EBITDA rose by 8% to €2.4 billion, while EBIT grew by 10.3% to €1.6 billion. Net income saw a 10.8% increase, reaching €1.3 billion.

Inditex's Board proposes a FY2023 dividend of €1.54 per share, split into two payments of €0.77 per share. The first was paid on May 2, 2024, and the second will be paid on November 4, 2024.

Inditex opened stores in 28 markets in Q1 2024, including the launch of its first stores in Uzbekistan. Additionally, 19 stores in Ukraine reopened on April 3, 2024, after a temporary closure, totaling 48 reopened stores in the market.

The Spring/Summer collections are performing well, with a 12% increase in store and online sales from May 1 to June 3, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023. Inditex expects to continue its growth trajectory, focusing on fashion innovation, enhancing customer experience, sustainability, and leveraging team talent.

Planned investments for 2024 include €1.8 billion in ordinary capital expenditure and a €900 million per year logistics expansion for 2024 and 2025. New security technology will be fully operational in Zara stores in 2024 and progressively implemented across all brands.

The Annual General Meeting is scheduled for July 9, 2024. Board proposals include the renewal and appointment of several independent and proprietary directors, with a reduction of the mandate for new board members to two years.

Inditex continues to capitalize on growth opportunities, driving innovation and maintaining a strong market position.

Inditex Headquarters © 2024 Inditex
Inditex Headquarters © 2024 Inditex



More News from INDITEX

#Sustainability

Inditex will fund the university education of 50 female textile industry workers in Bangladesh for five years

Inditex and the Asian University for Women have launched a new scholarship program to support the academic training of female textile factory workers in Bangladesh. Inditex will allocate €3.75 million to fund this initiative, enabling 50 women to access pre-university and university education over the next five years, providing them with new opportunities for personal and professional growth.

#Sustainability

Inditex and UNI Global Union renew their global agreement

Inditex and UNI Global Union, a federation of 20 million service workers, including retail workers, from more than 150 countries, renewed the Framework Agreement originally entered into by the two organisations in 2009 to foster best labour practices.

#Retail & Brands

INDITEX reports a very strong operating performance in its interim report for the first half of financial year 2024

In 1HY2024, Inditex continued with a very robust operating performance due to the creativity of the teams and the strong execution of the fully integrated store and online business model.

#Retail & Brands

Inditex reports exceptional results for FY 2023

In 2023, Inditex continued with a very robust operating performance due to the creativity of the teams and the strong execution of the fully integrated business model.

More News on Retail & Brands

#Textiles & Apparel / Garment

Global size study for brands and retailers to optimize fit and market coverage

Hohenstein Apparel Fit Solutions, a global leader in apparel fit, sizing, and product development, today announces the launch of its Global Size Study, a new initiative designed to equip brands to better understand and serve their target consumers through more accurate, market-relevant sizing.

#Recycling / Circular Economy

Recover™ secures multi-year recycled cotton agreement with H&M

Recover™ has signed a multi-year agreement with H&M to support the integration of its recycled cotton fiber, RCotton, for use in H&M’s products. Since early 2024, H&M and Recover™ have collaborated on product development, which now enables scaled commercial introduction of Recover™ mechanically recycled cotton into H&M’s collections.

#Sustainability

GORE-TEX® KIDSWEAR launches innovative membership scheme for kids’ jackets

With its revolutionary new membership model, GORE-TEX® Kidswear now offers families a simple, flexible and sustainable way of kitting out their children in top-quality jackets. It is aimed at the parents of children aged between five and ten and kicks off with a choice of functional winter jackets.

#Sustainability

H&M Foundation funds pioneering initiative to build the factories of the future

The H&M Foundation is committing SEK 53 million (approx. EUR 5 million) towards Future Forward Factories, a five-year initiative led by Fashion for Good, to address fashion’s most polluting stage: tier 2 textile processing.

Latest News

#Spinning

Rieter sees Barmag integration on track as orders and sales rise

The first half of 2026 was shaped by the successful completion of the largest acquisition in Rieter’s history. The Man-Made Fiber Division enables entry into the growth segment of man-made fibers and sustainably strengthens Rieter’s market position in the Asia region. The expanded Group is now the world’s leading system supplier for the processing of natural and man-made fibers. In the first half of the year, initial cost savings in material costs and operating expenses have already been realized. The targeted synergies are expected to amount to at least CHF 20 million by the end of the 2028 financial year. Due to the completion of the acquisition on February 2, 2026, the first half of the year for the Man-Made Fiber Division only amounts to five months.

#Knitting & Hosiery

Groz-Beckert at Igatex 2026

From October 15 to 18, 2026, Groz-Beckert will present its latest innovations and solutions across the product areas of Knitting, Weaving, Sewing and Spinning at Igatex in Pakistan (Hall 1, Booth A-1-08).

#Natural Fibers

Better Cotton Initiative multistakeholder event in US unpacks regenerative agriculture potential

The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), in collaboration with Texas-based partner, Quarterway Cotton Growers, will expand upon its annual US field event to relay the vast potential of regenerative agriculture through an immersive experience of tours and demonstrations.

#Sustainability

bluesign appoints Hanane Taidi as CEO to lead next phase of global impact

bluesign, which partners with the textile industry to reduce adverse impact across the value chain, appoints Hanane Taidi as Chief Executive Officer, marking a pivotal moment as the company builds on its leadership amid rapid industry change.

TOP