Zara owner Inditex's emissions from transport jumped by 10% in 2024 as the fast-fashion retailer used more flights to move clothes from production centres in Asia to its logistics hub in Spain and into stores.

While Zara has successfully held off competition from new players and online upstarts, the U.S. is its second largest market and tariffs have prompted trade warnings.

Shares in Zara owner Inditex fell 7 per cent on Wednesday after the world’s biggest fashion retailer said sales growth had started to slow. Inditex alarmed investors after results showed sales rose 4 per cent in the past five weeks,