by Ekrem Duman | Sep 1, 2026 | Spain Retail & Fashion, Startup
⚡ TL;DRThe ultra-fast online retailers have built a model that solves the same problem Inditex solved, using the opposite infrastructure: no stores, direct-to-consumer shipping, tiny production batches and assortments running to hundreds of thousands of items....
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 1, 2026 | Spain Retail & Fashion, Startup
⚡ TL;DRSpain’s fashion industry is built on a sourcing structure almost no other country has: a ring of nearby production in Portugal, Morocco, Turkey and Spain itself handling fashion-sensitive product, with Asia reserved for basics ordered far in...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 1, 2026 | Spain Retail & Fashion, Startup
⚡ TL;DRBelow Inditex and Mango sits a second tier of Spanish fashion groups that most international observers never examine: Tendam, Awwg, Tous, Sociedad Textil Lonia, Desigual, Mayoral, Bimba y Lola and Scalpers. Tendam — owner of Cortefiel, Springfield,...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 1, 2026 | Spain Retail & Fashion, Startup
⚡ TL;DRMango is Spain’s second-largest fashion group by revenue and the clearest example of a company that recovered from near-failure and repositioned upmarket. In 2025 it reported turnover of €3.77bn, up around 13%, with EBITDA of €722m and net...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 1, 2026 | Spain Retail & Fashion, Startup
⚡ TL;DRInditex is the largest fashion retailer in the world by revenue and the most operationally sophisticated. In the financial year to 31 January 2026 it reported net sales of €39.86bn, up 3.2% and 7.0% at constant currency, with net profit of...
