
Trendy Zara is the flagship brand for Europe's fastest-growing apparel retailer, Industria de Diseño Textil (commonly know as Inditex). Zara, the cheap-chic subsidiary of the Spanish fashion giant, runs about 1,485 stores in major cities worldwide, as well as more than 200 Zara Kids shops in some 75 countries. Zara boasts about 50 shops each in the US and Mexico. The chain sells women's, men's, and children's apparel and also offers plus-size and maternity lines to clothe its larger customers. Zara Home, which sells home fashions, has about 270 stores in 25 countries. Zara, launched in 1975, is Inditex's principal chain and accounts for more than 60% of its parent company's sales.