Record no. MRB-2026-005708

World's Largest Fashion Retailer

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Amancio Ortega built Inditex, the parent company of Zara, into the largest clothing retail group in the world by revenue and store count, turning a single A Coruna shop into a global chain. The company's rapid "fast fashion" supply model, which can move a design from sketch to store shelf in weeks, helped fuel that growth.