Zara’s headquarters staff and purchasing offices in Barcelona, and Hong Kong acquire fabric, components, and finished products from suppliers in Spain Portugal, India, Turkey, Morocco, and China. Linked into Zara’s network suppliers coordinate their production with its projections. Zara buys about half of its fabric “gray” (not yet dyed) in order to update designs quickly. Jose Maria Castellano, Inditex’s former CEO, explains, “We have the ability to scrap an entire production line if it is not selling. We can dye collections in new colors, and we can create a new fashion line in days.”