Its profit rate on the local market exceeded 14% in 2012. Inditex registered net profit of RON97.2 million in Romania in 2012, 20% higher on the year.
The retailer operates 88 stores in Romania, under the brands Zara, Zara Home, Bershka, Pull&Bear, Stradivarius, Oysho and Massimo Dutti.
The highest profit increase was reported by Bershka, which doubled the net profit generated by its 17 stores. Stradivarius registered the highest turnover increase last year, of 47%.
Half of Inditex’s local turnover and profit was generated by the 20 Zara stores, which registered sales of RON332.5 million in 2012, up 26.4% on the year, and net profit of RON51.4 million, 16.6% higher on the year.
Bershka reported sales of RON104.6 million in 2012, up 36.6% on the year, and net profit of about RON8 million.
The 18 Pull&Bear stores registered 25.2% higher sales, of RON86.9 million. Their profit increased slightly, by 2%, to RON11.5 million.
Stradivarius, which operates 17 stores, had sales of RON61.5 million and profit of RON7 million, up 51.1% on the year.
With its seven stores, Massimo Dutti increased sales by 35.6% last year to RON59.1 million. Its net profit climbed 9.4% to RON14.2 million.
Marca Oysho, which operates six stores locally, registered sales of RON13.7 million in 2012, up 27% on the year, and net profit of RON2.8 million, 14.8% higher compared with 2011.
Zara Home reported net profit of RON2.3 million for 2012, up 15.7% on the year, and 9% higher sales, of RON12.6 million.
Inditex employed 1,566 people in Romania last year.
Inditex is present in 86 states and has a network of over 6,000 stores. It registered sales of about EUR16 billion last year and net profit of EUR2.3 billion.