ZARA

Have you ever been to a Zara store? You probably have because it is one of the fastest-growing chains in the world. The person behind Zara is Amancio Ortega. He is the richest man in Spain, but very few people have seen his face. a) ............. . Although he is a multimillionaire, he does not look like one. He doesn’t like wearing suits or ties and prefers to wear jeans and a shirt. b) ............. . Everybody thinks that he is a modest person because he doesn’t like talking about his abilities and achievements.

When he was young, he first started working as a shop assistant in a clothes store, but he always dreamed of having his own business. c) ............. . In 1963, he started a small company which made women’s pyjamas. In 1975, at the age of 40, he opened his first clothes shop in La Coruna, a small city in north-west Spain, and named it Zara. Now you can find Zara stores all over the world, from New York to Moscow to Istanbul. The realisation of his goals can encourage other people to follow him as a good example.

d) ............. . The main reason is that Zara reacts incredibly quickly to the latest designer fashions and produces clothes which are fashionable but inexpensive. Zara can make a new line of clothes in three weeks because it works with talented designers from all over the world. They always work hard and create new styles and lines of clothes very quickly. Other companies normally take about nine months. e) ............. . Zara produces 20,000 new designs a year, and none of them stay in the stores for more than a month.

So, if you’ve seen a new jacket or skirt you like in a Zara store, hurry up and buy it because it won’t be there for long.