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Pull&Bear spent 20 years in Singapore — Inditex ended it with one store left
Pull&Bear entered Singapore in 2006 and peaked at four stores. One by one they went; on 22 February 2026 Inditex closed the last, at VivoCity, and exited.
Inditex · Pull&Bear · 2026-02-22
What happened
Pull&Bear, one of Inditex's seven core fashion brands, entered Singapore in 2006 with a flagship at VivoCity, part of the Spanish group's Asian expansion. At its peak the brand ran four stores on the island, at locations including Bugis+, ION Orchard and Ngee Ann City.
The footprint shrank store by store — Bugis+ and ION Orchard went first, the Bugis+ unit later becoming Singapore's first Chick-fil-A — until early 2026 only the original VivoCity store remained. Inditex gave no reason for the withdrawal; asked by local media, the brand said it had nothing further to share.
The last store closed on 22 February 2026, ending twenty years of Pull&Bear in Singapore; returns were redirected to Zara at VivoCity. The exit fits Inditex's global streamlining — 132 store closures in the nine months to 31 October 2025, framed as streamlining operations for long-term profitability. Sister brands Bershka and Stradivarius had already left Singapore.
Why it happened
- Inside a group that optimises globally, a market that never grew past four stores had no claim on investment.
- Inditex's streamlining program cut weak formats and markets first; a one-store operation cannot carry a country's overhead.
- Sister brands' earlier exits showed the group had already written Singapore off as a multi-brand market.
The lesson
Inside a group that optimises globally, small markets live on borrowed time. Pull&Bear peaked at four Singapore stores; when Inditex streamlined, exits came store by store until none was left.
Aftermath
The VivoCity unit was left to be re-let, and Singapore's Inditex footprint narrowed — Bershka and Stradivarius had already exited, leaving Zara to carry the group's name. Globally Inditex kept closing stores in the name of long-term profitability, with 5,527 stores remaining as of late 2025.
Sources
- CNA Lifestyle — "Pull&Bear to close all Singapore stores on Feb 22, returns to be made at Zara VivoCity", February 2026 (all physical stores close 22 February 2026; returns at Zara VivoCity; Inditex closed over 100 stores by December 2025)
- Mothership — "Pull&Bear closing last remaining S'pore outlet at VivoCity on Feb. 22", February 2026 (entered Singapore 2006; peaked at four stores including Bugis+, ION Orchard, Ngee Ann City; no reason given)
- AsiaOne — "Pull&Bear to shutter last store in Singapore on Feb 22", February 2026 (entered 2006 with VivoCity flagship; Inditex nine-month report: 132 global closures to streamline operations and improve long-term profitability; Bershka and Stradivarius also exited Singapore)
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