It’s been 50 years since the brand’s first store opened in A Coruña, a city in northwestern Spain. We traveled from China to Portugal and, within Spain, from the city of Zaragoza to the small town of Arteixo, where the textile giant is headquartered, to find out what key guidelines are underpinning today’s Zara. The visionary project launched by Amancio Ortega marches towards the future with new ambitions under the leadership of his daughter, Marta Ortega. ‘It’s not about selling more, but about selling well,’ says the chair of Inditex, Zara’s parent group
A recent investigation reveals that child exploitation and forced labor are being used to pick cotton on dozens of farms in India. This investigation adds to those in countries such as China, which is accused of enslaving ethnic minorities to provide this raw material to dozens of brands
Warren Buffett, Rupert Murdoch, Carlos Slim, Amancio Ortega, Juan Roig, Giorgio Armani and Bernard Arnault are facing one of the most critical moments for any family business: generational change. And in some cases, it is far from clear who will be their successor
The sweater has become a great autumn must-have piece, not only because it goes perfectly with anything, but also because both the catwalk and street style have elevated it as one of the season’s key garments
Spain’s acting PM laid out his political project, emphasizing the environmental transition and reducing structural unemployment, at an EL PAÍS event in New York
The award-winning Spanish actress is the star of the advertising campaign for Zara’s new collection. With this move, the fashion giant goes one step further in the fight against age-based discrimination
With the removal of the symbol from dozens of city halls, the much-criticized commercial use of the Pride flag has changed its connotation in a hostile environment of harassment and the rise of the far-right
