Inditex History
Earlier company descriptions, brand line-ups, store counts and photographs from the history of Inditex, kept for historical reference.
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The Company Description of Its Time
Inditex is filed in this directory as a fashion retailer, and its historical profile tells the company's story as a single arc from workshop to world scale. Inditex dates back to 1963, when it started life in a small workshop making women's clothing. Today - in the filing's present tense - it has over 6,900 stores throughout the world. Through its history, historical descriptions say, the group has evolved to become the business it is today, reaching many notable milestones along its journey, and one habit explains the whole arc: the company has always remained focused on listening closely to its customers, to offer them the fashions they desire.
One Structure From Sketch to Store Rail
The group's structure is the second idea in the profile, and it is stated precisely: the Inditex customer focus underpins an organizational structure that encompasses all stages of the fashion value chain - design, manufacturing, distribution and sale in proprietary stores. The customer promise is also the driving force behind the integration of the group's sustainable and environmental policies throughout its supply chain. Commitment is quantified in people: Inditex is committed to its customers, historical descriptions say, which means its 140,000-strong workforce is focused on staying true to its word. And the promise is kept mechanically, by logistics: a state-of-the-art logistics system centered in Spain helps deliver new products to all of the group's stores twice weekly, to meet their customers' needs.
The brand list is given twice in the historical record, and this page keeps it complete and in the group's own order: Zara, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterque. Their shared aim is stated in the group's own phrase - to create fashion that is Right to Wear - and the brands strive, the filing says, to sell fashionable products of the highest quality. The summary at the end of the historical record adds the ethical framing: they are one of the world's largest fashion retailers, and their aim is to create beautiful, ethical, quality products. The head office address is part of the record as well: Avda. de la Diputacion s/n, 15143 Arteixo, A Coruna, in Spain - the same Galicia where the 1963 workshop stood.
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