2017s Top-Performing CEO on Getting Product Right

Published: Oct. 24, 2017, 7:15 p.m.

b'Pablo Isla, the CEO of Inditex, is No. 1 on Harvard Business Review\\u2019s list of \\u201cThe Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2017.\\u201d He opens up about his management style and reflects on his tenure leading the Spanish clothing and accessories giant, whose brands include Zara, Massimo Dutti, and Pull&Bear. Successful fast fashion takes much more than speed, he says. Isla discusses aspects of the company\\u2019s business model: source close to headquarters, entrust store managers with product orders, and treat what\\u2019s sold in stores and online as one stock. He also forecasts the future of physical stores.'