Timeline
- 2007
- Zara Home pone en marcha la primera tienda online de Inditex. Inauguración de un nuevo centro logístico en Meco (Madrid). Zara inaugura en Florencia (Italia) su tienda número 1.000 y Bershka y Pull and Bear superan las 500 tiendas. Apertura de tiendas en cuatro nuevos países: Croacia, Colombia, Guatemala y Omán.
- 2006
- Serbia, Mainland China and Tunis join the list of markets in which Inditex is present
- 2005
- Inditex opens its first stores in Monaco, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Costa Rica.
- 2004
- The Inditex Group opens store number 2,000 in Hong Kong, and reaches herewith presence in 56 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. During this year the first stores in Morocco, Estonia, Latvia, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania and Panama has also been opened.
- 2003
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Opening of the first Zara Home stores (the Group's eighth chain). Plataforma Europa, the second Zara distribution centre, is opened in Zaragoza (Spain), supplementing the work of the distribution centre in Arteixo (A Coruña, Spain). The Inditex Group opens its first stores in Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Malaysia.
- 2002
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Construction work on the new Zara Logistics Centre in Zaragoza (Spain) begins. The Group opens its first stores in El Salvador, Finland, the Dominican Republic, Singapore and Switzerland.
- 2001
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Launch of the Oysho lingerie chain. On 23 May 2001, Inditex goes public and is listed on the stock market. The Group begins its activity in the following markets: Puerto Rico, Jordan, Ireland, Iceland, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic and Italy.
- 2000
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Stores are opened in four new countries: Austria, Denmark, Qatar and Andorra. Inditex sets up its headquarters in a new building located in Arteixo (A Coruña, Spain).
- 1999
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Inditex acquires Stradivarius, making it the Group's fifth chain. Stores are opened in new countries: the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Canada, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
- 1998
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The Bershka chain, targeting the younger female market, begins its activity in a year which also sees the opening of stores in new countries: Argentina, Japan, the United Kingdom, Venezuela, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Turkey.
- 1997
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Norway and Israel join the list of countries in which Inditex is present.
- 1995-1996
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Inditex acquires the entire share capital of Massimo Dutti. This year also sees the opening of the first store of the Group in Malta and the following year in Cyprus.
- 1992-1994
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Inditex continues to open new international markets: Mexico in 1992, Greece in 1993, and Belgium and Sweden in 1994.
- 1991
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The birth of the Pull and Bear chain and the purchase of 65% of the Massimo Dutti Group.
- 1989-1990
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The United States and France are the next markets in which the Group begins its activity, with the opening of outlets in New York (1989) and Paris (1990).
- 1988
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The opening of the first Zara store outside Spain, in Oporto (Portugal) in December 1988.
- 1986-1987
- The manufacturing companies in the Group devote their entire production to the Zara chain. The Group lays the foundations for a logistics system suited to the high level of growth expected.
- 1985
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The creation of Inditex as the head of the corporate group.
- 1976-1984
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The Zara fashion concept is well received by the public, and its network of stores extends to the major Spanish cities.
- 1975
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The first Zara store is opened on a central street in A Coruña (Spain).
- 1963-1974
- Amancio Ortega Gaona, chairman and founder of Inditex, begins his business activities in the textile manufacturing sector. The business grows steadily throughout the decade to include several manufacturing centres distributing products to various European countries.
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