Our Group
Inditex is one of the worlds largest fashion distributors, with nine sales formats -Zara, Pull and Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqüe - boasting 4.170 stores in 71 countries.
The Inditex Group is comprised of over one hundred companies associated with the business of textile design, manufacturing and distribution.
Thanks to its achievements and the uniqueness of its management model based on innovation and flexibility, Inditex is one of the largest fashion distribution groups.
Our fashion philosophy -creativity and quality design together with a rapid response to market demands- has resulted in fast international expansion and excellent response to our sales concepts.
The first Zara shop opened its doors in 1975 in A Coruña (Spain), the city that saw the Group's early beginnings and which is now home to its central offices. Its stores can now be found in the most important shopping districts of more than 400 cities in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.
| Fiscal Year | 2007 | 2006 | 07/06 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover(1) | 9,435 | 8,196 | 15% |
| Net profit(1) | 1,250 | 1,002 | 25% |
| Nº of stores | 3,691 | 3,131 | 560 |
| Nº of countries | 68 | 64 | 4 |
| International sales | 62,5% | 60,40% | |
| Employees | 79,517 | 69,240 | 10,277 |
the Inditex financial years is from 1st February to 31st january of the following year
(1) in millions of euros.