evolving to deliver customers satisfaction. Zara‚ the most profitable brand of Spain clothing retail group Inditex‚ has leveraged its unique strategy to achieve success and will be expected to maintain a sustainable growth in the fashion industry. Zara’s core competencies can be divided into four areas: process development‚ distribution‚ marketing and integrated business structure (referred to Appendix 1). Zara’s unique process development allowed Zara to produce in a shorter cycle time and more
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Developing innovative products/services for broad range of customers Zara creates a “fast fashion” concept which getting designs to customers quickly. It has more style than Gap‚ faster growth than Target‚ and logistical expertise rivaling Wal-Mart. 2. Significant investments in Marketing‚ Technology Development‚ Procurement & Customer Service ZARA takes just two weeks to get a new design from drawing board to store floor. ZARA invested much in developing its technology like e-business and ERP
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Analysis of Intel Corporation using the Porter’s 5 forces Model Intel Corp is an American company famed for making semiconductor chips‚ microprocessors‚ network interface controllers‚ flash memories‚ graphic chips and other components found in many computers and mobile phones. The porter’s Five Forces Model is a suitable method of analyzing Intel Corp’s business strengths and weaknesses. The porter’s five forces model is a tool based on five businesses forces to access where adjustments
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The middle-aged mother buys clothes at the Zara chain because they are cheap‚ while her daughter aged in the mid-20s buys Zara clothing because it is fashionable. Clearly‚ Zara is riding two of the winning retail trends - being in fashion and low prices - and making a very effective combination out of it. Much talked about‚ especially since its parent company’s IPO in 2001‚ often admired‚ sometimes reviled‚ but hardly ever ignored‚ Zara has been an interesting case study for many other retailers
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Foods) SBU: Processed foods & beverages Strategic group: Nestle (Maggi)‚ HUL (Kissan)‚ Dabur (Real) Industry Analysis: A. Bargaining Power of Suppliers-Low * Switching costs- low * Differentiation of inputs- low * Threat of forward integration- high * Supplier concentration- low The Porter’s “Five Forces” framework for packaged food & beverage industry analysis Bargaining Power of Buyers- Low * Buyer concentration: less * Buyer Volume: low * Switching cost:
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orry‚ Zara. Gap’s Got Game. by Liz Gunnison Aug 12 2008 The Spanish company eclipses Gap as the world’s biggest specialty retailer‚ but on closer inspection... A Zara store in China. The chain’s owner‚ Inditex‚ surpassed Gap Inc. as the world’s biggest specialty retailer in the second quarter. But the lead may already have vanished. Image: epa/Corbis Based on first-quarter results‚ Zara International of Spain has closed the gap on Gap Inc.‚ becoming the world’s largest fashion retailer by
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merchandiser to have deeper understanding about the latest visual merchandising and windows display which issued by the headquarter team. Intranet is a cost-effective method that share the information at once and worldwide can be seen those information. Since Zara expands its business to more than 200 stores located over 88 countries‚ Intranet can be the platform that time of seeking documents can be saved. As a result‚ productivity can be enhanced as time can be saved and files are concentrated in one platform
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Zara is a flagship brand of the Spanish retail group‚ Inditex group. Inditex is the world’s largest fashion group‚ which owns other fashion brands such as Pull & Bear‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ Oysho‚ Zara Home‚ Lefties and Uterqüe. It was founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega‚ when he decided to expand his factory in Arteixo by opening a store in La Coruña. Zara has expanded since and currently operates a total of 1‚671 stores
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Ishikawa has stated that these 7 tools can be used to solve 95 percent of all problems. These tools have been the foundation of Japan’s astomishing industrial resurgence after the second world war. The following are the 7 QC Tools : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 2 Pareto Diagram Cause & Effect Diagram Histogram Control Charts Scatter Diagrams Graphs Check Sheets Pareto Diagram Pareto Diagram is a tool that arranges items in the order of the magnitude of their contribution‚ thereby identifying
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Zara case Zara uses a vertically integrated system (VMS): In this system‚ wholesalers‚ retailers and distributors work as a unified system. One channel owns the others. They have a corporate VMS system‚ because Zara has managed to build a system that is controlled from the headquarters and it allows a quick response to decide and solve problems. Inditex‚ Zara’s parent company owns most of the resources to design‚ produce and distribute. Recommendations: Instead of doing everything themselves
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