Inditex Annual Report

Annual Report‘07

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Annual Report ‘07

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Dear shareholders, ing these concerns essential for any company of the 21st century. goals it had set, both financial and social, with a remarkable regularity. ing of officials, all of which are key for a steady progress and success of a company such as ours. to helm such a dynamic company as Inditex. tious purposes.

Letter from the Chairman

Once again you have in your hands our corporate Annual Report, arisen out of a collective reflection exercise done by every team in the company. The result of such musing about our activity in the year in course undoubtedly meets the discourse which I have repeatedly invoked, according to which companies should disclose the evolution of their business not only from a purely economic perspective, but also and mainly, from a perspective which reviews its operations in the social, labour and environmental fields, be-

As it is pointed out in this Annual Report, the company has actually kept its satisfactory growth pace and has met the strategic

In this framework, I would like to underscore an issue which in my view is essential in such a sizable Group as Inditex. I am talking about the human “touch”: matters such as team building, internal motivation, promotion, reconciliation of work and family or train-

This idea must permeate all the spheres of the company. For instance, we all know that the Group has opened 560 new stores in 50 different countries during the year. This parameter not only shows the significant strategic growth decided by the Group, but most of all, it indicates the effort made by a great number of individuals. Additionally, it hints at the motivation and commitment necessary

We must be able to retain talent, keep our staff motivated and recruit new individuals in the company at a fast pace, and to achieve at the same time for the company a fresh look and the required ambition to be the driving force enabling us...