Lefties Sets Sights on UK Market with Four New Stores by 2026

Lefties will enter the British market in 2026. The Spanish group’s smallest chain is in the midst of an expansion phase after renewing its management team, diversifying its offer to a home line and having doubled in size in five years.It is now in the middle of an expansion phase after renewing its management team, diversifying its offer to a home line and having doubled in size in five years, with the aim of landing in the major European markets next year, with the United Kingdom as its first stop with at least four new stores.

The chain, which began as a Zara outlet, is considering four new points of sale in the British market, where it will begin its expansion plan announced last May, and with which it plans to reach France, the Netherlands and Germany through the new Lefties image and offer.

With land of 1,800 square meters, sources in the sector have stated that Inditex is considering raising the shutter in the Lakeside shopping centers in Essex and Bluewater, located in Kent, as well as in Oxford Street and Westfield London, in the British capital, competing in a price segment with other groups such as Primark.

In July, Lefties launched its first home line, Lefties Home, and a first collection with a warmer and softer style than the one that has always characterized the chain, with the aim of “finding the Lefties niche”.find Lefties’ niche within Inditex, offer a complete range and become the group’s lifestyle brand,“ explained company sources in May during the first presentation of the collection in Madrid.

Inditex mentioned Lefties for the first time in its results, published at the beginning of September

Lefties had so far focused its expansion on markets in the Middle East, North Africa and, within Latin America, Mexico, which are much more sensitive to the chain’s reduced ticket prices.

In addition to Spain, the chain’s main market, Lefties is also present in Mexico (the second largest market), Portugal, Andorra, Italy (which has seen exponential growth), Romania, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan and Israel.

Inditex mentioned at the beginning of September, for the first time, the figures of Lefties in the first half of the current fiscal year in the communication of its results to the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (Cnmv). Included in Zara and Zara Home, the three concepts accumulated sales of €13.15 billion, 0.89% more than the previous year, and accounting for 71.63% of the group’s total turnover. At the end of July, Lefties had 210 stores.