Inditex Dossier
PRESS DOSSIER
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The first Zara store opened in 1975 in A Coruña (northwest Spain), where the Group’s business began and where it is still headquartered. Inditex Group stores are today found in all of the world’s major cities, always in major shopping areas.
Inditex has been listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange since 23 May 2001, following an IPO which generated great interest among investors worldwide, with shares some 26 times oversubscribed. Inditex shares are also quoted on leading Spanish and international stock indexes.
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INDITEX
Inditex has grown dramatically in recent years, achieving consolidated turnover of 13,793 million euros in 2011, and net profit of 1,932 million euros. As of 31 January 2012, the Group had 109,512 employees worldwide. Inditex, one of the world’s largest fashion retailers, has more than 5,000 stores in 85 markets worldwide. In addition to Zara, the largest of its brands, Inditex owns other concepts: Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqüe. The Group also encompasses more than 100 companies engaged in a range of activities in the textile and fashion design, manufacturing and distribution businesses. 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) have enabled its rapid international expansion and excellent performance at its commercial concepts.
Fiscal year
Turnover* Net Profit* Number of stores Number of countries Employees
2011
13,793 1,932 5,527 82 109,512
2010
12,527 1,732 5,044 77 100,138
11/10
10% 12% 483 5 9,374
Zara. New Delhi
The Inditex financial year runs from 1 February to 31 January of the following year * in millions of euros.
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(1) Stradivarius. Milan. Corso Vittorio Emanuele II (2) Zara. Tokyo. Ginza
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(3) Massimo Dutti. Casablanca. Boulevard Al Massira Al Khadra (4) Zara Home.
PRESS DOSSIER
The first Zara store opened in 1975 in A Coruña (northwest Spain), where the Group’s business began and where it is still headquartered. Inditex Group stores are today found in all of the world’s major cities, always in major shopping areas.
Inditex has been listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange since 23 May 2001, following an IPO which generated great interest among investors worldwide, with shares some 26 times oversubscribed. Inditex shares are also quoted on leading Spanish and international stock indexes.
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INDITEX
Inditex has grown dramatically in recent years, achieving consolidated turnover of 13,793 million euros in 2011, and net profit of 1,932 million euros. As of 31 January 2012, the Group had 109,512 employees worldwide. Inditex, one of the world’s largest fashion retailers, has more than 5,000 stores in 85 markets worldwide. In addition to Zara, the largest of its brands, Inditex owns other concepts: Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqüe. The Group also encompasses more than 100 companies engaged in a range of activities in the textile and fashion design, manufacturing and distribution businesses. 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) have enabled its rapid international expansion and excellent performance at its commercial concepts.
Fiscal year
Turnover* Net Profit* Number of stores Number of countries Employees
2011
13,793 1,932 5,527 82 109,512
2010
12,527 1,732 5,044 77 100,138
11/10
10% 12% 483 5 9,374
Zara. New Delhi
The Inditex financial year runs from 1 February to 31 January of the following year * in millions of euros.
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(1) Stradivarius. Milan. Corso Vittorio Emanuele II (2) Zara. Tokyo. Ginza
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(3) Massimo Dutti. Casablanca. Boulevard Al Massira Al Khadra (4) Zara Home.