Zara Owner Inditex Outshines H&M as Sales Top Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zara Owner Inditex Outshines H&M as Sales Top Pre-Pandemic Levels
A staff member sorts clothes inside a clothing store of Inditex's Zara brand at a newly opened shopping mall in Beijing, China on April 16, 2021. Tingshu Wang/Reuters
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MADRID—Fashion brand Zara owner Inditex has outpaced Swedish rival H&M in its efforts to bounce back from the coronavirus crisis, with second-quarter sales rising above pre-pandemic levels.

The world’s biggest fashion retailer’s sales in the quarter edged above levels seen before the pandemic as most stores reopened and people rushed to renew their wardrobe after store closures imposed to curb the spread of the virus.