occur throughout the season. The models for each season (more than 30‚000 of them last year alone) are developed together by the creative departments of the various brands. The sources of inspiration for the 300 designers (of whom 200 work just for Zara) include not just the trends that control the market but the wishes of customers‚ based on
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integrated‚ it could specialize in speed and efficiency and the fast fashion trend. By assessing the pros and cons of the new IT infrastructure with Zara’s brand image‚ they determined that implementing the new POS networking system is beneficial for Zara because 1) it creates a more robust and scalable system that is more responsive to Inditex’s supply chain network‚ 2) it removes the risk of the system becoming obsolete and no longer compatible with vendor’s machine upgrade‚ and 3) it helps to maintain
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Zara is a very big clothing chain from Spain. The chain was founded in 1975 by Mr. Ortega‚ and it now has more than 1.000 stores in approximately 63 countries – so it is a very big chain. However Zara has its biggest market in Spain‚ where they have 364 stores in total. They sell fashion clothes of a fairly good quality to reasonable prices – this also means that they have a broad target group‚ which we believe to be from kids to adults younger than 50‚ both men and women. Over the years Zara has
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segmentation and positioning of Zara Segmentation Strategy The segmentation strategy employed by the fashion retailer Zara is based one the typical demographics of the customers like gender‚ age and psychographics. However aside from this the company also targets customer is based on their sense of fashion and style e.g.‚ contemporary‚ trendy‚ classic‚ grunge‚ Latino etc. (Safe‚ 2007) The ethnicity of the brand as well as its target market is blended by Zara in its product offering which match
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ZARA Case Assignment 1. With which international competitor listed in the case is it most useful to compare Inditex’s financial performance? What do comparisons indicate about Inditex’s operating economics? Why? There are 3 key international competitors mentioned in the case: The Gap‚ H&M and Benetton. The Gap‘s production was internationalized with more than 90% of it outsourced outside of the United States. Its stores‚ however‚ were US centric. Therefore‚ The Gap’s strategy was to own
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2. Zara’s product cycle was much better than its competitors. Zara was able to originate a design and have finished goods in stores in 4-5 weeks for entirely new designs. The industry model was 6 months for design and 3 months for manufacturing. Zara produces 11‚000 items a year as compared to 2‚000-4‚000 by competitors. 3. Zara’s quick product cycle created a sense of scarcity and a “buy now or miss it” mentality among customers. Zara shoppers visited the chain 17 times a year‚ compared with an
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By Wendy –Zara exericse 1 Q5. Who are the customer ? The target market is broad‚ women‚ men‚ children that likes fashion and is sensitive to fashion. Q6 .Who are the customers‚ and what product/ service attributes do they consider important? The target market is very broad‚ Zara do not define their target by segmenting ages and lifestyles like what traditional retailers are doing. Its target market is working in big cities‚ with mid range income‚ a young‚ educated person that likes
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Running Head: PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE THE IT/IS STRATEGY AT ZARA Proposal to Improve the IT/IS Strategy at ZARA Be future ready!!! Oct. 3‚ 2011 Executive Summary To grow at the same pace in the fast changing fashion industry‚ Zara should use advanced IT/IS systems as an enabler to improve the overall business process. Zara is facing a challenge today by using obsolete technology. Also due to a number of internally developed applications‚ there is no clear picture of the entire sales or inventory
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Europe‚ Zara enjoyed an impressive compound annual growth of 26% from 1995 to 2000. Zara was an exceptional in the downturn market and created a standard for apparel industry. Zara’s target customers were fashion- oriented young and middle age women and men‚ who came from middle to upper classes and had a rapidly changing style. To meet the needs and wants of this customer segment‚ Zara built its strengths to enhance its core competitive advantages: Strengths and Weaknesses of Zara‚ and the
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Audit Exercise Paper Two Student Name MGT/497 – Strategic Technology Planning for Organizations Professor Name January 16‚ 2012 Introduction This paper will refer to two audit exercises from Chapter three and Chapter four of the textbook. The first one will refer to demand for product‚ competitive response‚ level of novelty of the innovation‚ factor that could block the good outcome of an innovation‚ and other factors. The second audit exercise will involve the assimilation of a checklist for innovation
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