Inditex Dossier
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the Group
Inditex, one of the world’s largest fashion distributors, has more than 4,780 stores in 77 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. In addition to Zara, the largest of its retail chains, Inditex has other commercial formats: Pull and Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqüe. The Group also includes more than a hundred companies associated with the different activities in the business of textile and fashion design, manufacture and distribution.
Its unique management model, based on innovation and flexibility, and its vision of fashion (creativity and quality design, together with a rapid response to market demands) has resulted in fast international expansion and an excellent performance of its commercial formats. The first Zara store opened to the public in 1975 in A Coruña (North-Western Spain), the place where the Group started business and where it has its central offices. Today, Inditex Group stores can be found in all the world’s major cities, always in the main shopping districts.
ZARA
KIDDY´S CLASS/SKHUABAN
PULL AND BEAR
MASSIMO DUTTI
BERSHKA
STRADIVARIUS
OYSHO
ZARA HOME
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The business model
Inditex has been listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange since 23 May 2001, after an IPO that aroused a great deal of interest among investors worldwide, with its shares being oversubscribed some 26 times over. Its shares are quoted on the main Spanish and international share indexes.
Fiscal year
2009
2008
09/08
Turnover* Net Profit* Number of stores Number of countries International sales Employees
11,084 1,314 4,607 74 68% 92,301
10,407 1,253 4,264 73 66% 89,112
7% 5% 343 1 3,189
The key to this model is the ability to adapt the offer to customer desires in the shortest time possible. For Inditex, time is the main factor to be considered, above and beyond production costs. Vertical integration enables us to shorten
Press dossier
the Group
Inditex, one of the world’s largest fashion distributors, has more than 4,780 stores in 77 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. In addition to Zara, the largest of its retail chains, Inditex has other commercial formats: Pull and Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqüe. The Group also includes more than a hundred companies associated with the different activities in the business of textile and fashion design, manufacture and distribution.
Its unique management model, based on innovation and flexibility, and its vision of fashion (creativity and quality design, together with a rapid response to market demands) has resulted in fast international expansion and an excellent performance of its commercial formats. The first Zara store opened to the public in 1975 in A Coruña (North-Western Spain), the place where the Group started business and where it has its central offices. Today, Inditex Group stores can be found in all the world’s major cities, always in the main shopping districts.
ZARA
KIDDY´S CLASS/SKHUABAN
PULL AND BEAR
MASSIMO DUTTI
BERSHKA
STRADIVARIUS
OYSHO
ZARA HOME
5
The business model
Inditex has been listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange since 23 May 2001, after an IPO that aroused a great deal of interest among investors worldwide, with its shares being oversubscribed some 26 times over. Its shares are quoted on the main Spanish and international share indexes.
Fiscal year
2009
2008
09/08
Turnover* Net Profit* Number of stores Number of countries International sales Employees
11,084 1,314 4,607 74 68% 92,301
10,407 1,253 4,264 73 66% 89,112
7% 5% 343 1 3,189
The key to this model is the ability to adapt the offer to customer desires in the shortest time possible. For Inditex, time is the main factor to be considered, above and beyond production costs. Vertical integration enables us to shorten