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Stradivarius was developed in 1994 by the Catalan Triquell family with an innovative concept for fashion in Barcelona, Spain. In 1999, Inditex purchased 90% of Stradivarius shares for €108 million and the remaining 10% in 2005, keeping Jordi Triquell, son of the founder, Francisco Triquell, as director. [3]
Active in sixteen markets: Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Mexico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Israel, Bahrain, Tunisia, Oman, Romania and Turkey Bershka: 971 1998 Blends urban styles and modern fashion for young women and men Stradivarius: 915 1999 (acquired) Casual and feminine clothes for young women ...
It is part of the Spanish Inditex group (which also owns brands such as Zara, Massimo Dutti, Pull&Bear, Oysho, Uterqüe, Stradivarius and Zara Home). [2] The company was created in April 1998 as a new store and 'fast-fashion' concept, aimed at a young target market. As of January 2022, Bershka has over 852 stores in 74 countries.
The chain was established in 1991 due to the diversification of Inditex's commercial objective, which at that time had only Zara stores. It started out as a brand only for the male public, but after a few years of its creation, it introduced a collection for girls in 1998 that has equaled the male line in sales.
Zara Home is a company that belongs to the Spanish Inditex group dedicated to the manufacturing of home textiles. It was created in 2003. [2] It has around 408 stores in 44 countries.
Even before that, but especially with Portugal's increasing trade in the 15th century, the country also exported to the Netherlands, especially wine and fruit. In the opposite direction, cultural and social impulses increasingly came to Portugal from the Netherlands, such as the influence of Early Netherlandish painting on Portuguese artists.
Luigi Tarisio sold the ‘Gariel’ Stradivarius to another famous violin dealer, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, who in turn sold it to the eminent French engineer, physician and founder member of the Academy of Science in Paris, Charles-Marie Gariel, the instrument’s namesake. Gariel likely sold it on shortly before his death in 1924.
The Stradivarius Palatinos or Palatines, are a set of five string instruments made by Antonio Stradivari around 1700. They are kept in Madrid's Royal Palace . The term "Palatino" can in this case be translated as "court" instruments, [ 1 ] as it refers to their belonging to the Spanish royal collection .