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In 1975, Amancio Ortega and Rosalia Mera established Zara as a family business in the Galicia district of northern Spain -
Zara is a Spanish fashion chain, The company has approximately 2,220 locations and is international, operating in 88 countries -
The first shop outside Spain was opened in 1985 in Porto, in Portugal -
In 1986, Zara stores were already operating in the main Spanish capitals: Valladolid, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Madrid, Bilbao and Malaga
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In 1989 he opened his first store in the United States, specifically in New York, on Lexington Avenue -
In 1989, the company entered the United States, and then France in 1990.[9] During the 1990s, Zara expanded to Mexico (1992),[10] Greece, Belgium, Sweden (1993) and Israel (1997).[11] In the early 2000s, Zara opened its first stores in Brazil (2000); Japan and Singapore (2002); Ireland, Venezuela, Russia and Malaysia (2003);[12][13][14][15] China,[16] Morocco,[17] Estonia,[18] Hungary[19] and Romania (2004) -
In 2015, Zara was ranked #30 on Interbrand's list of best global brands. -
Zara stores have men's and women's clothing as well as children's clothing (Zara Kids). Zara Home designs are located in European stores. The majority of Zara customers are aged between 18 and about 35. -
Zara needs just one week to develop a new product and get it to stores, compared to the six-month industry average. makes roughly 40,000 designs of which around 12,000 new designs are carefully selected and produced each year -
Zara currently has 1,939 stores in the world, in Spain it has 256 stores, in China 133 and in France 166. The stores have an average surface area of 732m2.