Store employees have the best understanding of… customer tastes.

Store employees have the best understanding of… customer tastes.

Amancio Ortega

You have to be just as mistrustful of straightforward rationality in business as you do of a uniquely gut approach.

You have to be just as mistrustful of straightforward rationality in business as you do of a uniquely gut approach.

When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.

When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.

If you control your distribution, you control your image.

If you control your distribution, you control your image.

A good product can last forever.

A good product can last forever.

In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.

In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.

All that interests me is promoting my brands, never myself.

All that interests me is promoting my brands, never myself.

Affordable luxury - these are two words that don't go together.

Affordable luxury - these are two words that don't go together.

Inditex’s strategic plan foresees a total of 4,000 stores in the next five years.

Inditex’s strategic plan foresees a total of 4,000 stores in the next five years.

Putting our capacity for profitable growth in the long term to the scrutiny of investors.

Putting our capacity for profitable growth in the long term to the scrutiny of investors.

Innovation and commitment towards our customers define our corporate culture.

Innovation and commitment towards our customers define our corporate culture.

Proof of our business’s great capacity to generate funds.

Proof of our business’s great capacity to generate funds.

The key part of Inditex’s business model is its human capital.

The key part of Inditex’s business model is its human capital.

We cannot limit ourselves to continuing on the path we have already opened.

We cannot limit ourselves to continuing on the path we have already opened.

I am the property of my business, not the reverse.

I am the property of my business, not the reverse.

Zara will remain the largest and most international brand.

Zara will remain the largest and most international brand.

Die of success? Give me a break! We’ve only just started!

Die of success? Give me a break! We’ve only just started!

The customer has always driven the business model.

The customer has always driven the business model.

ll keep working until the end.

ll keep working until the end.