Zara was founded in Spain in 1975. The first store location was in Galicia, Spain. Founder Amanicio Ortega wanted to name the company Zorba, after the infamous movie Zorba the Greek, but when he discovered that there was a bar with that name just two blocks away, he changed the name to Zara.
In 1989, the first store was opened in the United States. In 2010, Zara created its online e-commerce site.
Zara’s product range spans various categories, including men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing (Zara Kids), and it offers a unique touch of home design with Zara Home designs are available only in European stores.
The brand primarily caters to a customer base typically aged between 18 and around 35 years old. Once the product designs are finalized, it takes a mere 10 to 15 days for them to make their way to Zara’s stores, all facilitated through their distribution center in Spain.
At the distribution center, each item undergoes a meticulous process of inspection, sorting, tagging, and loading onto delivery trucks, ensuring the majority of customers receive their clothing within just 48 hours.
Impressively, Zara manages to produce over 450 million items each year. In addition to clothing, the brand also offers a wide array of accessories, shoes, swimwear, beauty products, and perfumes for its discerning clientele.
As of 2021, the company had over 2,000 locations and a very active e-commerce site.
Zara opened a second location in Louisiana in October 2023 due to high demand.
Some online bloggers have noted that Zara’s tags often have small symbols and speculation has run wild as to what those symbols could mean. A spokesperson for the company says that the symbols are only size guidelines. A circle means the garment tends to run large while a triangle means it runs small. The square means it runs true to size.
Zara states that all hard plastic alarms will be removed from clothing by the end of 2024. Alarms will be replaced with smaller tracking devices that are nearly invisible to the average consumer.
Zara maintains a corporate office in the US in New York, New York.
Zara was founded in Spain in 1975. The first store location was in Galicia, Spain. Founder Amanicio Ortega wanted to name the company Zorba, after the infamous movie Zorba the Greek, but when he discovered that there was a bar with that name just two blocks away, he changed the name to Zara.
In 1989, the first store was opened in the United States. In 2010, Zara created its online e-commerce site.
Zara’s product range spans various categories, including men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing (Zara Kids), and it offers a unique touch of home design with Zara Home designs are available only in European stores.
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The brand primarily caters to a customer base typically aged between 18 and around 35 years old. Once the product designs are finalized, it takes a mere 10 to 15 days for them to make their way to Zara’s stores, all facilitated through their distribution center in Spain.
At the distribution center, each item undergoes a meticulous process of inspection, sorting, tagging, and loading onto delivery trucks, ensuring the majority of customers receive their clothing within just 48 hours.
Impressively, Zara manages to produce over 450 million items each year. In addition to clothing, the brand also offers a wide array of accessories, shoes, swimwear, beauty products, and perfumes for its discerning clientele.
As of 2021, the company had over 2,000 locations and a very active e-commerce site.
Zara opened a second location in Louisiana in October 2023 due to high demand.
Some online bloggers have noted that Zara’s tags often have small symbols and speculation has run wild as to what those symbols could mean. A spokesperson for the company says that the symbols are only size guidelines. A circle means the garment tends to run large while a triangle means it runs small. The square means it runs true to size.
Zara states that all hard plastic alarms will be removed from clothing by the end of 2024. Alarms will be replaced with smaller tracking devices that are nearly invisible to the average consumer.
Zara maintains a corporate office in the US in New York, New York.