From that polka dot costume to a brand new viral jacket for each season, Zara is a excessive avenue favorite.
However do you know the 50-year-old vogue favorite is a part of a much bigger household?
Mum or dad firm Inditex additionally owns standard manufacturers like Bershka, Pull & Bear, and Massimo Dutti — in addition to one you would possibly by no means have heard of: Lefties.
Hailing from Spain, and with shops at present throughout Europe and the UAE, Lefties is about to rival the likes of Primark, with on-trend clothes at a price range value level.
The place will the primary Lefties retailer open?
There are at present 4 UK places being thought-about for Lefties’ UK debut, all of which might get a retailer subsequent 12 months.
There’s the Lakeside procuring centre in Essex, which is house to a Zara, Stradivarius, Pull & Bear, and, in fact, the rival market of Primark.
Bluewater procuring centre in Kent is one other location, which already homes many Inditex manufacturers, and a Primark, too.
Within the capital, there are two doable houses for Lefties, the primary beingtheinternational procuring hub Oxford Road, which is about to be pedestrianised, or Westfield London in White Metropolis.
Inside Lefties
First opening its doorways in 1993, the shop was initially an outlet for Zara’s final season inventory. Basically, it was the place the leftovers went – therefore the title.
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There are at present shops in the principle cities of Spain, Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Morocco, the UAE, and extra.
With strains for ladies, males, women, boys, and infants – all with accent and footwear collections, too – it has additionally branched out into homeware, sportswear, and underwear, leaving no stone unturned.
The brand new retailer is anticipated to be round 20,000 sq. ft, and when inside, you may simply mistake it for a Primark retailer, with the same structure and clothes presentation.
Whereas the UK web site isn’t but stay, the Spanish website gives attire from round £8 and primary tees from £5. It’s far cheaper than the likes of Zara, the place fundamentals begin at round £12.99.
Primark’s competitors
Primark is in no way a small fish within the vogue world, with a reported 6% enhance in gross sales in 2024, taking it from £9billion in income in 2023 to £9.44billion.
That’s to not say it’s not feeling growing strain from the likes of different fast-fashion retailers comparable to Shein and Temu, with Primark’s dad or mum firm Related British Meals Plc projecting a levelling out in gross sales for the second half of this 12 months.
The arrival of Lefties within the UK will surely add one other component of competitors on the excessive avenue and on-line, though the 2 manufacturers already compete in Spain, which is Primark’s second-largest market.
And the Lefties enlargement received’t simply cease in Britain, it’s planning on increasing into the Center East and North Africa, in addition to relaunching in France.
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