MGT200 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT‚ D. Ong-de Jesus CASE 1: ZARA INTERNATIONAL: Fashion at the Speed of Light At the announcement of her engagement to Spain’s Crown Prince Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano wore a chic white pant suit. Within a few weeks‚ hundreds of European women sported the same look. Welcome to a fashion‚ a trend that sees clothing retailers frequently purchasing small quantities of merchandise to stay on top of emerging trends. In this world of "hot today‚ gauche tomorrow‚" no company
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------------------------------------------------- zara spainshclothing company clothing and accessories retailer based in Arteixo‚ Galicia‚ and founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera. It is the flagship chain store of the Inditex group; the fashion group also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Uterqüe‚Stradivarius and Bershka. It is claimed that Zara needs just two weeks[1] to develop a new product and get it to stores‚ compared to the six-month industry average‚ and
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CASE 3.4 Continued Growth for Zara and Inditex CIRCA 2008 ARTEIXO‚ Spain¡ªZara stores have set the pace for retailers around the world in making and shipping trendy clothing. Now Pablo Isla‚ chief executive of parent company Inditex SA‚ says Zara needs to speed up. As rivals catch up‚ Mr. Isla is attempting one of the fastest global expansions the fashion world has ever seen‚ opening hundreds of new stores and entering new markets. To do that‚ as an economic downturn threatens
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TABLE OF CONTENTS GROUP: - Introduction 4 - Industry Analysis - National and International environment 5 - PESTEL Analysis 6 - PORTER`s five forces 8 - Interview 12 INDIVIDUAL: - Company background 14 - PULL AND BEAR`s case 14 - Vision‚ mission and objectives 15 - Swot analysis 16 - The strategic management process 17 - The critical success factors 18 References 20 INTRODUCTION PULL AND BEAR is a textile
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activities. Nonetheless‚ coordination across the chains increased an expansion power of Inditex as the Group and induced the management to open some multichain locations (Gnemawat & Nueno‚ p. 8‚ 2006). Visionary management The founder of Inditex‚ Amancio Ortega is a person‚ who created the “fast-fashion” model. He has been playing a very important role in forming daily operations and future strategic visions. He is a person who established culture in the company‚ based on teamwork‚ open communication
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How Inditex became global: from local to global Established in 1975 in A Coruña (North – Eastern Spain) by Amancio Ortega‚ Inditex has grown rapidly to become one of the largest fashion retailers in the whole world competing with the American Gap and the Swedish Hennes & Maurizt (H&M). “In addition to Zara‚ the largest of its retail chains‚ Inditex has another seven commercial formats: Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Oysho‚ Pull and Bear‚ Skhuaban and Zara Home (all of the targeting different
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Zara is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer‚ founded in 197 by Amancio Ortega. Zara has now became possibly the most innovative retailer in the world. By the end of the year 2011‚ Zara has reached 82 markets globally with a network of 1.830 stores. Zara’s secret of successful fast fashion business model is mostly about their responsive buyer driven supply chain. The customer plays an active role in the business model. Design and production activity begins with customer demand and retail
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[pic] CONTENTS 1. Introduction 3 2. Zara as Company 4-5 3. Zara’s Model of Operation 6 4. Company’s Structure
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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 in continents Spain. It was founded by Amancio Ortega in 1975‚ Zara opened its first store in downtown La Coruña‚ Galicia‚ Spain. Its first store carried low-priced lookalike products of popular‚ higher-end fashion brands. The store proved to be a success in the early 1980s‚ and Ortega began opening more Zara
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Zara owns and manages numerous resources that can be categorized as tangible‚ intangible or organizational capabilities. The interactions between tangible and intangible resources help create organizational capabilities that provide value to the end consumer. Zara has a large variety of tangible resources due to its international expansion and vertical integration. Zara has 507 stores around the world with a total selling area of 488‚400 m² and 1‚050 million of Inditex ’s capital invested
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