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Zara was established by Amancio Ortega Gaona in 1975. Their first shop was in central A Coruña, in Galicia, Spain, where the company is still based.They initially called it 'Zorba' after the classic 1964 film Zorba the Greek, but after learning there was a bar with the same name two blocks away, rearranged the letters to read 'Zara'.
Zara Alvarez (25 March 1981 – 17 August 2020) was a Filipina human rights advocate, educator, paralegal, and prominent social activist [1] who predominantly campaigned against human rights violations during the administration of Rodrigo Duterte.
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.
Gregorio Ynciong Zara (8 March 1902 – 15 October 1978) [1] was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National Scientist, and inventor. He was known as the father of videoconferencing [ 2 ] for having invented the first two-way videophone.
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.
The majority of the family's wealth comes from the clothing company Inditex and its flagship store Zara. As of July 2022, the family has an estimated net worth of $110 billion. The head of the family, billionaire Amancio Ortega, is the twelfth richest person in the world. [1] [2] [3]
Suyen is also the distributor of products of the various clothing, apparel and cosmetics foreign brands in the Philippines [1] The company is also involved in the food industry, managing the Philippine operations of Japanese chains Miasen, St. Marc Cafe, and Pablo (a cheese tart store chain), as well as Patchi , and Bench Cafe which was named ...
S&R Membership Shopping was established in 2001 as S&R PriceSmart, a franchise of the American membership-only warehouse club chain PriceSmart. [1] [2] The name "S&R" stands for American businessmen Sol and Robert Price, founders of Price Club and PriceSmart. [1]