Zara

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• Zara Parent Company Accused of Exploiting Moroccan Garment Workers
  11 June 2019, by Kamal

  Amancio Ortega, founder of "Zara" and incidentally a multi-billionaire, is accused of exploiting Moroccan labor. His seamstresses are paid less than $178 per month, for 65 hours of work per week.
  A Spanish organization, the New Clothes Campaign, has conducted a study on the working conditions and wages of textile workers at Ortega’s, the owner of the Inditex company, which markets among other brands Massimo Duti, Stradivarius, Pull & Bear and Zara. 10% of Inditex’s clothing is (…)

• Zara Unveils Spring-Summer SRPLS Collection: Elegant Designs Made in Morocco
  5 May 2022, by Prince

  Zara has launched its new SRPLS collection for the spring-summer 2022 season. Produced in Morocco, this new limited edition collection focuses on elegance and refinement.
  Zara’s new collection produced in Morocco consists of lightweight garments, with neutral colors like white and beige, soft colors like blue and pink, or striking colors like khaki. The Inditex group company offers this semi-annual collection to allow its customers to give a fresh touch to their wardrobes.
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• Zara’s Global Pricing Strategy: Same Dress, Double the Cost in Some Countries
  18 May 2023, by Prince

  The Zara brand offers different prices for its products depending on the markets, with differences of up to 35 euros. For example, a Zara denim dress costs twice as much in Morocco as in Spain.
  A comparison made by the site 20minutos reveals a remarkable fluctuation in the prices of the same denim dress from the new Zara collection in 20 different countries. It emerges that the dress is offered in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia respectively at 74.76 euros and 72.88 euros, practically double its (…)

• Inditex Donates €3 Million and Clothing to Morocco Earthquake Relief Efforts
  14 September 2023, by Prince

  The Spanish textile giant Inditex, which has a cluster in the village of Oukaïmeden located in the province of Al Haouz, the epicenter of the earthquake that hit Morocco on the night of Friday, September 8, announced on Monday the donation of three million euros to the Spanish Red Cross to support the Moroccan Red Crescent.
  Marta Ortega, the daughter of the founder of Inditex and president of the group, and Óscar García Maceiras, its CEO, made a donation of three million euros to the (…)

• Zara Faces Backlash Over Collection Resembling Gaza Conflict Imagery
  11 December 2023, by Sylvanus

  The new collection from the Spanish brand Zara is causing outrage because it is inspired by the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Calls for a boycott are multiplying on the web.
  Zara is at the center of a controversy. Its new "The Jacket" collection is not to the liking of Internet users. And for good reason, it is visibly inspired by the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the toll of which continues to rise. The photos of the new collection show models wrapped in (…)

• Zara Pulls Controversial Ad Campaign After Palestinian Backlash
  12 December 2023, by Said

  Faced with the controversy, Zara was forced to withdraw the images of its "The Jacket" campaign for having offended many Palestinians.
  The advertising campaign has been criticized for its photographs of models posing with sculptures wrapped in plastic, reminiscent for some of the images from Gaza. In response, Zara published a statement expressing regret for any offense caused, stating that the intention was not to provoke.
  In a clarification on Instagram, the brand specified that this (…)

• Moroccan Shoppers Pay Up to 70% More for Zara, Bershka Items Than European Customers
  25 December 2023, by Said

  The prices charged by major retailers in Morocco are still controversial. It is not uncommon to find clothes with prices 50 or 70% higher in large stores in Morocco compared to certain European countries.
  The debate has been relaunched by the newspaper L’Opinion, which made the comparison with certain products sold in Morocco. A Zara jacket sold for around 150 euros in Spain is also available in Morocco for the price of 2,000 dirhams, or about 200 euros. The same is true for shoes priced (…)

• Spanish TikToker Exposes Massive Zara Price Hikes in Morocco
  11 June 2024, by Sylvanus

  Aksal Group, the Moroccan leader in the fields of Retail, Luxury, shopping malls and department stores, led by the Moroccan billionaire Salwa Idrissi, wife of the Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, is in the sights of a Spanish TikToker. She accuses him of offering Zara brand products at much higher prices in Morocco than in Spain.
  In a video, Marta Oliete, a Spanish TikToker, compares the prices of "Zara" products between Morocco and Spain and reveals a price difference of more (…)