Apparel Companies Z
The Z section of the Apparel Search fashion company directory has three entries, all of them online-era retail names: Zappos, the shoe retailer Amazon bought in 2009; Zara, the Spanish fast-fashion flagship of Inditex; and Zulily, the flash-sale retailer that shut down in 2023 and was relaunched under new owners.
Three Z Names, Three Different Stories
More clothing companies that start with the letter Z are hopefully coming soon - that was this page's long-standing note, and the letter still holds just three profiles, but each one is a substantial retail story. Zappos began in 1999 when founder Nick Swinmurn could not find the shoes he wanted in a San Francisco mall or online, and grew from ShoeSite.com into the Las Vegas online shoe and clothing retailer Amazon acquired in 2009. Zara is the oldest name here: founded in A Coruna, Spain in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalia Mera, it is the flagship brand of the Inditex group and the best-known fast-fashion retailer in the world. Zulily is the youngest and the most turbulent: launched in Seattle in 2010 as a flash-sale site for moms and families, taken public in 2013, bought by QVC's parent in 2015, shut down in December 2023, and then relaunched in September 2024 after Beyond, Inc. bought its brand assets, with Lyons Trading Company buying a majority stake in March 2025.
Each profile linked below carries a verified company snapshot stating the company's present position plainly - operating, who owns it, where it is based and when it was founded - along with the company's own description from its earlier years kept as a record, and a short account of what has changed since. Zappos and Zulily are retailers themselves, so their profiles link their own official websites rather than a marketplace shop box; Zara is a consumer fashion brand whose products and resale listings appear on the marketplaces, so its profile carries the shop box. The shop box on this hub page is the standard directory service, searching marketplace listings for Zara clothing.
Using This Directory
Use the letter bar to move through the full A-Z company index, or open the chips below to go straight to a Z profile. This section of the Apparel Search website is for locating fashion companies by name; it does not include every apparel company, but it offers a useful selection, and new listings are added periodically.
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