Lefties returns to France. The brand owned by the Spanish fashion group Inditex opened its first French store in Essonne on Thursday. This came more than 15 years after an initial attempt at retail that ended with the boutiques closing in 2012.
For its first French location, Inditex has located its low-cost brand Lefties in a new shopping center. It is the Valvert Croix Blanche, which was built by the developer Compagnie de Phalsbourg and is located about an hour from Paris. The opening was announced on social media with pictures. These showed an idealized representation of Paris with historic buildings and a view of the Eiffel Tower.
Lefties is cheaper than the Zara brand and is the Inditex Group’s direct response to strong competition from ultra-fast fashion providers. The brand adopts the credo that is also shared by companies in this segment: “Making fashion accessible to everyone”.
However, the brand communicates more basic pieces and ‘essentials’, which are described on its website as ‘practical and functional’. It focuses less on items linked to micro-trends, as does the leading ultra-fast fashion brand in France, Shein. Lefties also covers a wide range of segments. This includes women’s fashion, children’s, baby, newborn, men’s fashion, home decor, accessories and shoes.
But similar to Shein, the prices are very low. For example, the online shop offers T-shirts for 3.99 euros and dresses for 15.99 euros. As for manufacturing, the website names well-known production countries of major fashion brands. These include Bangladesh, Turkey and China.
In addition to the French market, the Lefties brand is also present in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Romania and Turkey. Other locations include Mexico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Great Britain and Israel. Last year, the company announced that it would also expand to Germany in 2026 with the concept. However, no concrete plans have been announced yet.
In March 2026, Inditex announced that it had achieved the highest profit in its history in 2025. In its staggered financial year, which ended on January 31, the group generated a net profit of 6.2 billion euros. This represents an increase of six percent compared to the same period last year, which was the previous record.
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