Zara owner’s sales jump by 36% as shoppers return to high streets

The Spanish company Inditex, which owns Zara, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti and Bershka, has built up stocks of clothing to combat global distribution problems. Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters

The owner of Zara has revealed a 36% jump in sales this spring as shoppers flooded back to its high street outlets after the easing of Covid-19 restrictions.

Inditex, which also owns Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti and Bershka, said total sales rose to €6.7bn in the three months to 30 April as there was a “significant rebound in traffic” to stores that offset a 6% decline online.