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Women's ready-to-wear refers to the production and distribution of standard women's clothing, as opposed to the production of luxury or made-to-measure garments. Non-textile footwear and accessories, as well as children's products, are excluded from this study.

The global market for women's ready-to-wear has been growing steadily for many years and is dominated by the United States and Asia-Pacific, which account for the bulk of demand. Asia is the fastest-growing continent, with demand driven by rising living standards and abundant supply, home to the vast majority of the world's production.

In Spain, the ready-to-wear market is dominated by fast fashion giants. The five biggest groups (Inditex, Primark, Tendam, H&M, and Mango) have seen their market share increase sharply. These five groups controlled a third of the market in 2011, compared with 50% in 2020. In a mature Spanish market, these groups have implemented strategies of very rapid renewal of their offer with an aggressive pricing policy.

However, the health crisis has had a major impact on the market, with sales plummeting. Health closures have had a major impact on sales, and the 5 leaders have not been spared, with leader Primark seeing its sales fall by 32% in 2020.

Conversely, online retailers and second-hand clothing specialists (Micolet, Vinted, Sellpy) saw their sales rise as a result of the pandemic.

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  • Size of the global women's ready-to-wear market
  • Trend in household spending on ready-to-wear clothing, Spain, 2017-2021, in euros
  • Women's ready-to-wear market size
  • Main origins of women's ready-to-wear imports, Spain, 2022, %
  • Ready-to-wear trade balance
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Latest news

Zara successfully moves upmarket in the face of ultra-fast fashion - 13/09/2024
  • - Inditex owns brands such as Pull and Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka and Zara.
  • - Zara focuses on moving upmarket rather than competing with ultra-fast fashion.
  • - Zara has over 1,800 stores worldwide.
Zara's recipe for remaining the world's leading ready-to-wear brand - 10/07/2024
  • - Head office: Arteixo, ten kilometers from La Coruña, Spain.
  • - Sales: nearly 36 billion euros last year.
  • - Share of capital held by Amancio Ortega: 59%.
  • - Proportion of production carried out close to main markets: 50% (in countries such as Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Turkey).
  • - Worldwide store replenishment frequency: twice a week.
Thanks to Etixia, Kiabi becomes a fully-fledged commercial real estate player - 27/06/2024
  • Former creation of Etixia to consolidate Kiabi's real estate assets
  • - Sales in 2023: 43.2 million euros.
Kiabi buys second-hand children's products website Beebs - 24/05/2024
  • Beebs, a start-up specializing in second-hand children's products, was acquired by Kiabi after it was placed in receivership last March.
  • - Liquidation of Rediv (ex-Patatam)
  • - Beebs sold 690,000 second-hand children's items in 2023
Shein, designated by Europe as an important hub, will have more obligations - 29/04/2024
  • - **Number of monthly Shein users in the EU**: 108 million.
  • - **Number of platforms already under the DSA**: 19, including major players such as Amazon, Google Shopping, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, AliExpress, and Zalando.
Shein: the king of "ultra fast fashion" makes twice as much profit as H&M - 02/04/2024
  • Shein profits last year: $2 billion.
  • - Shein revenues: nearly $45 billion.
  • - H&M profits: $820 million.
  • - Inditex (owner of Zara) profits: $5.8 billion (€5.4 billion).
  • - Year Shein was founded: 2008.
  • - Number of employees at Shein: over 10,300.
  • - Current valuation of Shein: over $66 billion.
  • - Main markets: United States and Europe.

Companies quoted in this study

This study contains a complete overview of the companies in the market, with the latest figures and news for each company. :

Inditex groupe (Zara)
ABF group - Primark
H&M Groupe
Kiabi Europe
C&A France
El Corte Inglés
Pimkie
Bershka
Mango
Celio
Shein
Massimo Dutti (Inditex groupe)

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