At a time when there seems to be an avalanche of losses from large Catalan family businesses, a great exception emerges. It is Mango, the textile empire founded by the late Isak Andic and chaired and managed by Toni Ruiz. When asked if they plan to buy or go public, he is very clear: "No and no. We are not considering acquisitions. One buys when one does not know how to develop their business. We have many opportunities and markets to grow." And about the stock market, he is even more direct: "I have many friends who are CEOs and they don't talk to me about clients or business, but about worrying about quarterly reports, bonuses..." He doesn't need to add much more.

The Catalan multinational fashion company Mango increased its profit by 11% in 2025, to 242 million euros, in line with the 13% increase in turnover compared to the previous yearMango's revenue reached nearly €3.8 billion, as reported this Thursday by the company's president and CEO, Toni Ruiz. "We have managed to turn a complicated year into a record year," Ruiz stated at the press conference presenting the results at the group's headquarters in Palau-solità i Plegamans (Vallès Occidental). The CEO noted that 2025 was "the first year without our founder," referring to the death of Isak Andic in December 2024. With these results, Mango maintains the upward trend of recent years, following the initial impact on the Catalan retail sector. Compared to 2019—the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic—the multinational has increased its revenue by approximately €1.5 billion. Ruiz celebrated that the group is "growing well above the market." "Mango is experiencing the strongest period in its history," he added. Looking ahead to this year, the president has set the company's goal of reaching €4 billion in revenue.

The family of Mango founder Isak Andic paid tribute to the businessman this Friday on the first anniversary of his death in a mountain accident, which falls this Sunday. His three children, Jonathan, Judith, and Sarah, laid flowers this morning at the sculpture by Jaume Plensa at Mango's headquarters in Palau-solità i Plegamans (Vallès Occidental).

Gemma Molner and her sister are the third generation of a small line of shopkeepers. Their grandparents opened their doors, and today the family business – Xarol fashion stores – has two stores in Tarragona and Reus. However, she has long observed how her customers' consumption habits are changing at a dizzying pace. "Online sales are here to stay. Since Covid, they haven't stopped growing," says the Reus-born businesswoman, who is also a member of the trade committee of the Pimec employers' association in Tarragona and represents the El Tomb trade association in the capital of Baix Camp.

After celebrating its 40th anniversary, Mango maintains the growth trend of recent years. The Catalan fashion brand's turnover increased by 12% from January to June 2025, reaching €1.728 billion. In the first half of the year after the death of its founder, Isak Andic, in a mountain accident, the company states that the results "reinforce its solid trajectory" and "demonstrate the upward trend" of recent years.

The three sons of Mango founder Isak Andic, died in a mountain accident last December, have already taken on their father's business legacy, through both the family holding company Punta Na – which encompasses, for example, all their real estate businesses – and the Catalan fashion brand. According to what has been announced The Vanguard As ARA has been able to confirm, the process of formalizing the inheritance of the man who was once the richest man in Catalonia has now been completed, and the businessman's descendants will equally divide both the ownership and positions in the group's various companies. The newspaper also reports that these changes will be implemented in the Commercial Registry in the coming weeks.

The Barcelona Court of Appeals has admitted the appeal filed by the Visual Entity for the Management of Plastic Artists (Vegap) against Punto Fa, Mango's parent company, for infringement of intellectual property rights for the unauthorized use of works by Antoni Tàpies, Miquel Barceló, and Joan Miró to create NFTs. The court of Section 15 of the Court overturns the ruling of Barcelona Commercial Court No. 9, which had dismissed the appeal.

Mango continues to redefine its structure after the death of the founder, Isak AndicHis son, Jonathan Andic, has decided to step down and will leave his executive position at the fashion company in the coming weeks. According to a family statement, Jonathan Andic is thus continuing "with the process of separating ownership and management initiated in 2020 by Isak Andic." Appointment of the firm's CEO, Toni Ruiz, as chairman of the board of directors, where Jonathan Andic is vice chairman.

The torrential rain made the presenter's metaphor easy to grasp. The downpours that accompanied the first day of the Círculo de Economía Annual Meeting this Monday afternoon were a clear example of the geopolitical disasters that Catalan companies must navigate at the present time. To answer the question of how they do it, the event brought together the top executives of three globalized companies based in Barcelona—Mango, Fluidra, and Penguin Random House—to understand how they manage their operations at a time when US President Donald Trump can shake up global trade with just a post on his social media.

The major earthquake in management changes has been dominated this week by the news of Ángel Simón's departure as CEO of CriteriaCaixa, one year and four months after his appointment. His replacement at the helm of La Caixa's investment arm will be Naturgy's executive chairman, Francisco Reynés. Beyond this move, former Congress president Meritxell Batet returns to the headlines by joining Ebro Foods, the president of Celsa will also become president of Veolia Spain, and a Mango veteran is leaving. These are the week's key signings.

The Catalan fashion company Mango earned 219 million euros last year, 27% more than in 2023, the company reported this Monday in a press conference. The group also increased its revenues, in this case by 7.6% (11.6% discounting the effects of currency exchange rates), to 3,339 million euros. This is the company's first presentation of results since the death in a mountain accident of its founder, Isak Andic, last December.

The judge in Martorell has decided this Tuesday to reopen the investigation into the death in a hiking accident of the owner of Mango, Isak Andic. Initially, the judge of the investigating court number 5 of Martorell ordered the provisional filing of the case in mid-January because he saw no signs of crime. Now, as he has advanced The Newspaper and the ARA has been able to confirm, the case has been reopened. However, this does not mean that the main hypothesis of the Mossos d'Esquadra investigators has changed, which is that Andic had gone on an excursion with his eldest son, Jonathan Andic, to take a route through the Salnitre de Collbató caves, slipped on one of the paths and fell into the void for about 10 minutes.

More than two months after the death of Mango founder Isak Andic in a tragic accident in the Collbató caves, the Catalan business world is still in shock over his loss. Since 14 December, there has not been a business event in which Andic's name is not used as an example of entrepreneurship, commitment and a job well done. A recognition that has materialised again this Monday, with the presentation by the president of Catalonia, Salvador Illa, of the Gold Medal of the Generalitat posthumously to Isak Andic; it is the highest honour in the country.