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Inditex is one of the world's largest fashion retailers, welcoming shoppers at its eight store formats -Zara, Pull and Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqüe - boasting 4.530 stores in 73 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 2008 2007 08/07
Net sales(1) 10,407 9,435 10%
Net profit(1) 1,253 1,250  
Nº of stores 4,264 3,691 573
Nº of countries 73 68 5
Sales outside of Spain 66% 62,5%  
Employees 89,112 79,517 9,595

the Inditex financial years is from 1st February to 31st january of the following year
(1) in millions of euros.