Zara (ˈθaɾa) is a Spanish

Spain

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 clothing and accessories retailer based in Arteixo

Arteixo

Arteixo is a municipality of Spain in the Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Its area is 93.76 km² and its population is 29,762...

, Galicia, and founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera

Rosalia Mera

Rosalía Mera Goyenechea is one of the richest people in the world. She began designing gowns and lingerie in her home with her then-husband, Amancio Ortega Gaona. The couple parlayed their work into a multi-billion-dollar corporation, Inditex, and the Zara line of clothing stores...

. It is the flagship

Flagship

A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, reflecting the custom of its commander, characteristically a flag officer, flying a distinguishing flag...

 chain store

Chain store

Chain stores are retail outlets that share a brand and central management, and usually have standardized business methods and practices. These characteristics also apply to chain restaurants and some service-oriented chain businesses. In retail, dining and many service categories, chain businesses...

 of the Inditex

Inditex

Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. , more commonly known as Inditex, is a large Spanish corporation and the world's largest fashion group. It is made up of almost a hundred companies dealing with activities related to textile design, production and distribution...

 group; the fashion group also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti

Massimo Dutti

Massimo Dutti is a company belonging to the Spanish Inditex group dedicated to the manufacturing of clothing. It was created in 1985 and its product range was limited to men's clothing....

, Pull and Bear

Pull and Bear

Pull and Bear is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer based in Narón, Galicia and founded in 1991. In September 2011, the company will sell through an online store. -Concept & Style:...

, Oysho, Uterqüe

Uterqüe

Uterqüe is a company belonging to the Spanish Inditex group , that was created in September 2007 as a new store and fashion concept. The name is Latin and can be translated as "one of each" or "both this and that"...

, Stradivarius

Stradivarius (INDITEX)

Stradivarius is an international women clothing fashion brand from Spain, the Inditex group.-History:Stradivarius was developed in 1994 as a family owned business with an innovative concept in fashion in Barcelona, Spain...

 and Bershka

Bershka

Bershka is a company belonging to the Spanish Inditex group , that was created in April 1998 as a new store and fashion concept, aimed at a young target market. It now has 734 stores in 49 countries....

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It is claimed that Zara needs just two weeks to develop a new product and get it to stores, compared to the six-month industry average, and launches around 10,000 new designs each year.