The world's number one clothing group, Inditex said it had leveraged its expanding international operations to boost sales and net profit.
Sales for the group, which owns Zara, climbed 15% from the figure for the same time a year earlier to €3.416 billion in the three months to April.
The Spanish company is now present in 85 countries including Ireland.
Net profit surged 30% to €432m, it said in a statement. The result beat market expectations, which had forecast net profits of €379m.
The Spanish group has profited from a strategy of global expansion, especially in Asia, and last year recorded the biggest profits in the textile sector.
In the latest quarter, Inditex opened 91 new stores, bringing the total to 5,618. It plans to open an on-line shop in China in September 2012, the company said.
Inditex said same-store sales from February 1 to June 10 this year grew 14% from a year earlier, a potentially promising sign for the group's second quarter results.
