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A year into chairing the world’s biggest fashion retailer, Marta Ortega is trying to shake up Zara owner Inditex’s fast-fashion image and draw in more aspirational shoppers, according to analysts and investors.
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Zara owner Inditex said its Spring/Summer 2023 collection flew off shelves over the last six weeks but shares in the world’s biggest fashion retailer fell after it flagged higher spending on technology and automation.
Marta Ortega will start her job as chairwoman of Inditex next month with an unenviable task: dealing without Russia, the Zara owner’s second-largest market in terms of stores.
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