Our Group
Inditex is one of the world's largest fashion retailers, welcoming shoppers at its eight store formats -Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqüe - boasting 5.402 stores in 78 countries.
The Inditex Group is made up of more than 100 companies operating in textile design, manufacturing and distribution.
The group's success and its unique business model, based on innovation and flexibility, have made Inditex one of the biggest fashion retailers in the world.
Our approach to fashion – creativity, quality design and rapid turnaround to adjust to changing market demands -- has allowed us to expand internationally at a fast pace and has generated an excellent public response to our retailers' collections.
The first Zara shop opened in 1975 in A Coruña, Spain, a city in which the Group first began doing business and which is still home to its headquarters. Its stores can now be found in prime locations in more than 400 cities in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.
| Fiscal Year | 2010 | 2009 | 10/09 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net sales(1) | 12,527 | 11,084 | 13% |
| Net profit(1) | 1,732 | 1,314 | 32% |
| Nº of stores | 5,044 | 4,607 | 437 |
| Nº of countries | 77 | 74 | 3 |
| Employees | 100,138 | 92,301 | 7,837 |
The Inditex financial year is from 1st February to 31st January of the following year
(1) in millions of euros.