Zara owner Inditex says store sales recovering as it returns to profit

Inditex also owns the Massimo Dutti and Bershka brands

Sales in-store and online were on an improving trend, though still down 11% from a year earlier. Picture: iStock

The owner of fashion retailer Zara, Inditex, returned to quarterly profit in the three months from May to July despite a 31% fall in sales as the coronavirus crisis kept consumers away from city centre shopping districts.

Inditex, which also owns the Massimo Dutti and Bershka brands, said 98% of its stores had reopened and that current trade showed a progressive return to normality with online sales growing sharply and store sales recovering.