Zara Inditex, the parent of the brand Inditex, recently announced its net profit rise of 12% in the fiscal year 2011. The group announced that it will continue to expand this year. entity The scale of shops and online stores, including the Zara e-commerce website in China.

This Europe's largest clothing retail group from February 1, 2011 to January 2012 is 31 days net. profit Up to 1 billion 930 million euros, sales grew 10% to 13 billion 790 million euros over the same period. Gross profit is 59.3% of sales, the same as last year.

In addition to Zara, Inditex group It also owns Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius and other brands.

Inditex chairman and CEO Pablo Isla said the group has strong growth opportunities in China. At present, Inditex has 275 stores in China. By the end of 2012, 150 stores will be opened and Zara stores will be opened.

The group plans to increase 480 to 520 stores in the world this year, including last week's unveiling of Zara's flagship store in New York, Fifth Avenue. In 2011, Inditex increased 9374 new jobs, and by the end of the year, there were 109512 employees.