São Paulo – Clothing brand Zara’s stores in Brazil sell items made in Morocco, the Arab country in North Africa. The retail chain buys the products it offers at Brazilian stores from a network of local and foreign suppliers. According to information given to ANBA by the Inditex conglomerate, which owns Zara, roughly 40% of the clothing are domestic-made and 60% are imported from various countries.<\/p>\n
The Inditex conglomerate has only one own manufacturing plant, in La Coruña, Spain, which it keeps because the facility is part of the company’s history. The remaining products originate from other clothing brands. “All over the world, Zara buys finished products from its supplier network,” the conglomerate informs via email, making it clear that the deal does not entail outsourcing, because the company purchases finished goods from other companies in the industry. <\/p>\n
According to Inditex, the 60% rate of imported goods sold at Brazilian stores originates from a large number of countries, over 40, and no single country accounts for a significant share of total products. This includes Morocco. <\/p>\n
In Brazil, Zara owns 52 stores in the states of Amazonas, Maranhão, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Pernambuco, Bahia, Santa Catarina, Espírito Santo, Goiás, and the Federal District. There are also eight Zara Home stores, specializing in household products such as bed, bath and linen, in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná and the Federal District. <\/p>\n
Zara was established in La Coruña in 1975 and is currently active across 88 markets, with 2,000-plus stores worldwide. The Inditex conglomerate, which owns Zara, also controls other fashion brands such as Oysho, Uterqüe, Stradivarius, Bershka, Massimo Dutti and Pull&Bear. It is one of the world’s leading fashion distributors. <\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n