Company Story
1975 - Inditex's origins date back to 1975 when Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera founded Confecciones Goa, a dressmaking workshop in La Coruña, Spain.
1985 - Ortega founded the company that would eventually become Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. (Inditex), with the opening of a Zara store in Galicia.
1988 - Inditex went public with an initial public offering (IPO) on the Spanish stock exchange.
1990s - The company began to expand internationally, opening stores in countries such as Portugal (1992), France (1992), and Germany (1993).
2000s - Inditex continued to expand globally, entering new markets such as China (2004), Japan (2005), and the United States (2007).
2001 - Inditex acquired the Massimo Dutti brand, which focused on high-end women's and men's clothing.
2010s - The company continued to grow through acquisitions, including the purchase of the British retailer, Topshop's intellectual property (2019).
2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on Inditex's business, but the company rebounded with strong online sales growth.