Zara is a Spanish clothing and accessories brand based in Arteixo, Galicia. It was founded by Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera. They opened the first Zara store in 1975, and their original product line featured inexpensive lookalike products of popular designer fashions. The store was highly successful, and Ortega began opening more Zara stores throughout Spain.
During the 1980s, Ortega started changing the design, manufacturing, and distribution process of Zara to enable quick production of fashions in response to current trends. The company took advantage of improvements in information technology, and the economy of scale achieved by using groups of designers. Ortega describes his method and the company's offerings as "instant fashions." How quickly a design can be turned out is rumored to be just two weeks, from development to placement in stores. This contrasts sharply with the six-month industry average. As a result of its streamlined processes, Zara is able to launch around thousands of new designs each year. The rapid appearance and disappearance of a given design builds excitement in Zara's customers.
Zara has resisted the industry-wide trend towards transferring fast fashion production to inexpensive foreign labor. Zara is part of the Inditex group, which was founded in 1985 as the primary holding company of Zara's enterprises. Inditex is one of the world's largest distribution companies, which is integral to Zara's "instant fashion" concept, and also serves other retailers held by Inditex.
Another unusual strategy was Zara's policy of zero advertising. Funds that most businesses invest in advertising are instead set aside for the opening of new stores.
In 1980, the company started its international expansion, opening a store in Porto, Portugal. In 1989 it entered the United States and in 1990, it expanded to France, in the first of a series of international expansions in the decade. As of 2011, Zara has retail presence in 78 countries.
Zara stores are company-owned unless local legislation forbids foreign-owned businesses. Zara franchises their stores in these markets.
Zara expanded into home goods in 2003, and began offering fragrances, in collaboration with esteemed Spanish perfume house Puig, starting in 1998.
Designer Zara has 31 perfumes in our fragrance base. The earliest edition was created in 1999 and the newest is from 2011. Zara fragrances were made in collaboration with perfumers Puig, Carlos Benaim, Alberto Morillas and Rosendo Mateu.
Ambar
2008 for men
Black Peony
2011 for women
Brigitte
2011 for women
Flor de Azahar
2008 for women
Fresia
2011 for women
Giovanna
2011 for women
Il Homme
2003 for men
Iris
2011 for women
Katie
2011 for women
Lirio de Agua
2008 for women
Maria
2011 for women
Rosa Bulgara
2008 for women
Sandalo
2008 for men
Textures Cotton Kisses
2000 for women
Textures Cotton Orange Shantung
2000 for women
Textures Green
1999 for women
Textures Lilac
1999 for women
Textures Pashmina Dreams
2000 for women
Textures Pink
1999 for women
Textures Polar Winds
2000 for women
Textures Velvet Chic
2000 for women
Vetiver
2008 for men
Violetta
2011 for women
White Jasmine
2011 for women
Zara Collection Man
for men
Zara Collection Woman
for women
Zara Femme
2006 for women
Zara for Her
2004 for women
Zara for Him
2005 for men
Zara Girl
2003 for women
Zara Man
2000 for men
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