Inditex, owner of fashion brand Zara, rolls out its plan to close up to 1,200 stores worldwide, despite a company agreement with unions to project jobs. The world’s biggest clothes retailer is closing smaller outlets while expanding flagship stores and the Spanish closures are the first of up to 700 expected this year in Europe. Two unions agreed with Inditex to provide all affected staff with new vacancies matching their old contracts and seniority within 25 km of where they used to work.
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