News releases
Uterqüe launches its online store in three new markets
The Inditex Group’s newest retailer has just launched its online store, uterque.com, to shoppers in Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria. Including these three new markets, Uterqüe now has online stores in nine European countries.
Bershka achieves the maximum rating for sustainable, eco-efficient construction
Bershka’s store in Berlin, the retailer's first outlet in Germany, has obtained LEED Platinum certification. Platinum is the highest possible rating in the LEED scoring system, the world's most exacting sustainable architecture rating scheme. The Berlin location, with two sales floors and an imposing façade, welcomes shoppers on Tauentzienstraße, one of the prime shopping streets at the heart of the German capital. The 1500-square-metre shop is one of the largest Bershka outlets in the world.
Inditex’s 2011 net sales rose 10%
• The Group’s net income totalled 1.9 billion euros, an increase of 12% from 2010.
• The Group created 9,374 new jobs in 2011, bringing its workforce to 109,512 employees.
• Inditex ended 2011 with 5,527 stores, 483 more than a year earlier. The company opened stores in 49 markets, five of them new: Australia, Taiwan, Azerbaijan, South Africa and Peru. Following its arrival in the Australian market, Inditex has presence on five continents.
• Zara will launch an online store in China during next winter season.
• As of September 2011, all Inditex concepts have online stores. E-shopping is available in 18 European markets, the United States and Japan.
• The Board of Directors will submit a proposal to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for 12.5% increase in the company’s dividend, to a total of 1.80 euros per share.
• Store sales in local currencies, adjusted for the calendar effect of an extra trading day in February due to the leap year, have increased by 11% from 1 February to 14 March 2012.