Inditex also launched online platforms in Romania for Pull&Bear and Massimo Dutti in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
Inditex group operates seven brands in Romania, namely, Zara, Zara Home, Bershka, Pull&Bear, Stradivarius, Oysho and Massimo Dutti. The group has not opened Zara Kids and Uterqüe stores in Romania.
In 2013, Inditex opened ten stores in Romania, namely, four stores under the brands Zara (one unit), Pull&Bear (one unit), Oysho (one unit) and Zara Home (one unit), and six stores under the brands Massimo Dutti (two units), Bershka (two units) and Stradivarius (two units). Thus, the group reached a network of 98 stores in Romania.
In 2012, Inditex’s Romanian sales exceeded EUR150 million and its profit rate topped 14%. In 2013, Inditex registered overall sales of 671 million lei (EUR150.6 million) in Romania, up 30% on the year, and net profit of RON97.2 million (EUR21.8 million), 20% higher on the year. All seven brands posted growth and were profitable. Bershka saw the strongest growth in net profit, which doubled compared to 2011, while Stradivarius witnessed the highest increase in sales, of 47%.
Half of the sales and profit was generated by the Zara stores which reported sales of RON332.5 million in 2012, up 26.4% on the year, and net profit of RON51.4 million, 16.6% higher from 2011. The remainder was generated by Bershka, Pull&Bear, Stradivarius, Massimo Dutti, Oysho and Zara Home stores.
Worldwide, Inditex operates in nearly 90 countries where it has 6,340 stores. In 2013, the group registered sales of EUR16.7 billion and net profit of EUR2.4 billion.