Another very early start today for our flight to A Coruna and a visit to the Inditex Group, which owns Zara, Mango and several other large labels. Zara is yet to make it to Australian shores but the group's unique business model has made them a market leader. Inditex is a huge employer in the A Coruna region and the office & factory complex are vast. It was a comprehensive visit which started with a presentation from Raul Estravera, Communications Director, and continued with a tour through the offices, design studios, concept stores, pattern cutting area, pressing area, picking and packing, and final dispatch. It was fascinating to see the scale of it all but at the same time the three ambulance bays outside the factory sick bay were a sobering reminder that factory work can still be dangerous.
After a tapas lunch we travelled to Santiago de Compostela for a walking tour of the cathedral and a quick hot chocolate (which you could just about stand a spoon up in!) before our flight back to Madrid finished a very long but worthwhile day.
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