Zara began as a clothing store in 1975 in A Coruña, Spain. It has since grown to over 2,000 stores worldwide through its unique business model of quick production and delivery of fashionable products based on customer demand. Zara links customer demand directly to manufacturing and distribution through the use of information technology across its facilities. This allows it to produce small batches of products and get them to stores within 2 weeks to meet constantly changing fashion trends. Zara's success is evidenced by its rapid international expansion and growth into new markets over the past decades.