primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message ab lindex type division industry fashion founded alings s sweden 1954 headquarters gothenburg sweden key people ingvar larsson ceo products clothing cosmetics revenue 234 million sek 2000 number of employees 5 000 website www.lindex.com lindex is one of the leading fashion chains in europe with over 480 stores in the nordic countries the baltic states central europe and the middle east . the business concept is to offer inspiring and affordable fashion to fashion conscious women . the assortment covers several different concepts within women s wear lingerie and kids wear . in 2013 lindex launched lxm a new business area for men . lindex fashion is also sold online in all eu countries and norway . since 2007 lindex is owned by the finnish listed company stockmann . 1 lindex employs around 5 000 people . 2 contents 1 the history of lindex 2 collaborations 3 stores 4 see also 5 references 6 external links the history of lindex edit in 1954 ingemar boman and bengt rosell opened the lingerie store fynd in alings s. shortly thereafter the lindex company of gothenburg was acquired and this was the name then given in time to all the subsequent stores . during the sixties the lingerie selection was complemented by women s wear in particular jumpers and blouses . operations were expanded and the first lindex store in norway was opened . during the seventies lindex continued to grow in sweden and norway . the range was expanded and lindex also became known for skirts and trousers . the eighties saw major changes for lindex and expansion . lindex now tested new markets such as denmark great britain and finland but by the end of the eighties operations were focused on sweden norway and finland . in 1993 lindex opened its first production office in hong kong and the company started to carry out inspections to check that suppliers did not employ minors . the company s requirements on suppliers were increased and a code of conduct for all suppliers was introduced . during the nineties the company also started to make serious efforts with regard to environmental issues . 1995 saw the start of lindex club a club for all loyal customers . at the end of the nineties the trademark fix was acquired with colourful childrenswear . lindex launched a major effort to develop the lindex concept . fashion in sweden was strongly influenced by fashion model emma wiklund s fashion report in the new millennium . lindex looked east and started its expansion in central europe opening stores in the baltic states as well as the czech republic . the finnish listed company stockmann became the new owner of lindex in 2007 and with their help the russian market opened up for lindex which opened its first store in st petersburg in 2008 . in addition lindex started franchising operations in the middle east . lindex is now one of northern europe s leading fashion chains with about 400 stores . collaborations edit in february lindex announced collaboration with celebrity stylist rachel zoe this spring . zoe will be choosing her favorites from lindex spring collection 2011 as a part of lindex ambition to inspire fashion conscious women on all its markets . 3 this will be zoe s first big collaboration with a european brand . reese witherspoon recently created a collection for lindex . stores edit the number of lindex stores in each country 02 11 2014 4 albania 1 bosnia and herzegovina 5 croatia 2 czech republic 22 estonia 10 finland 62 iceland 3 kosovo 1 latvia 9 lithuania 7 macedonia 1 norway 102 poland 6 saudi arabia 19 serbia 3 slovakia 6 sweden 211 united arab emirates 2 united kingdom 2 see also edit list of swedish companies references edit lindex store . cision wire . retrieved 2012 10 18 . lindex in brief lindex.com press release lindex rachel zoe 2011 02 09 http www.lindex.com sk find your store external links 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