Some great news for fashionistas out there - Zara is opening soon, this from iFashion.com
It was announced late last week that Zara will be opening in Sandton City on November 10. According to Maurice Mdlolo, Chief Operating Officer of Liberty Properties, the people behind the Sandton City expansion, Zara is taking out a flagship store in the mall’s new extension.
“Liberty Properties are excited to announce that the Spanish fashion brand Zara have signed up to take a 2,100sqm store in the new extension,” he said. “This store will bring their full range of ladies, mens and children’s range to South Africa.”
Other stores opening in the extension include a huge Trenery and a second Superga flagship. On Friday Samantha Ellis-Payne published an extensive investigation into the influx of international retailers on South African soil. She quoted Syd Vianello, an analyst at Nedbank Capital, who told her that the “entry of global clothing retailers, such as Zara, would put pressure on local clothing retailers’ margins, but foreign retailers were unlikely to take a huge slice of the market from local brands such as Truworths and Edgars, which between them already had hundreds of stores.”
Vianello went on to say one store would quickly become 10 stores “and with its focus on the middle market and its fast fashion – meaning it changed styles every month – it could present a challenge to established local retailers that focussed on the middle market and to some extent Mr Price, which targeted the lower end.”
According to Ellis-Payne’s article, Vianello said Zara would enter South Africa with corporate stores rather than franchise outlets, meaning the stores would have the financial backer of the holding company, Inditex, rather than a local licensee. Apparently, this means the group would be paying import duties on merchandise at cost. This is in line with local retailers, meaning that Zara would be comparatively priced with local retailers.
As yet, however, there is no news on seasonal relevance of the collections. However, when ifashion announced confirmation that Zara would indeed be coming to SA, a Zara spokesman said that the store would carry an offering in line with other stores in the Southern Hemisphere.
i would like to know how does one go about getting a job at zara in Sandton?
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Its great to see well established international brands showing an interest in promoting their gear in our country. Looking forward to following the story.
all i can say is WHOO HOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
can’t wait to get my shopping on!!! hee hee
Cannot wait …. Just wanting to check if everything is still on track for the grand opening 10 th Novemeber 2011…
OMG OMG 10 days
will there be an opening event? if so how does one get tickets or rather invites?
will there be big sizes in Zara (40 & 42)
And then Zara open their second SA store at Gateway in Umhlanga at the end of November… any others we know about coming soon?
Doing a dance…shopping alert!!!
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I would like to know if you guys have a store in Durban
so! so! so! xcited!!!! what date exaclty is ZARA opening in Durban?? and how can one get tickets for the opening?? ive been longing for this store to open ever seen ive been following some overseas fashion bloggers!!!
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