How IKEA’s flat pack changed the furniture business
Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA as a teenager in 1943. Flat-pack furniture let the company sell cheaply and grow around the world.
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How Zara got clothes from the design table to the store in weeks
Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera opened the first Zara in A Coruña in 1975. Its fast supply chain made Inditex the world’s largest fashion retailer.