Zara – vertical integration 1) How is Zara organized with respect to its vertical integration and outsourcing decisions? What governance structure does it appear to follow? -It is divided by 60% in-house and 40% outsourced. The in-house represents the more complicated ‚complex‚ trendy designs‚ while the outsourced remains with the labour intense activities (sewing) and basic designs such as men’s dress shirts and accessories. - It follows a decentralized decision making process based
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Zara: Case questions 1. Coordination of a supply chain is always important. However‚ such efforts are usually initiated by certain parties. For the global apparel industry‚ would it be more suitable for downstream or upstream parties to be the driver of the coordination? Motivate your answer with the use of two important characteristics of the apparel industry. 2. Clearly Zara has a strong relationship with all parties within the supply chain. a) Which of the following retailer-supplier relationships
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focus on being a successful software company. This however requires it to make radical change to its business model‚ development method and its competition strategy. In section 4‚ a SWOT matrix is present consisting the opportunities and threats identified in competitive analysis‚ and highlight the strategies identified. These strategies are then present in section 5. 2 The Story So Far 2.1 Acquisition of Yahoo! Microsoft has successfully acquired Yahoo!‚ a company renounced for its internet
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1. Business strategy analysis Strategy analysis enables the analyst to understand the underlying economics of the firm and the industry in which the firm competes. Involves 3 key steps: 1. Industry analysis What economic factors drive the industry choice? Impact on profitability? 2. Competitive strategy How has the company positioned itself in the industry? 3. Corporate strategy Can the company create value across the range of its business? (Ability to exploit synergies‚ minimisation
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brand design + strategy BRAND ASSESSMENT WHAT IS A BRAND? Though a brand is oftentimes mistaken as a variety of different things‚ it’s important to understand its ambiguous nature. A brand is not simply the logo‚ nor the visual identity. A brand is not the product‚ the service‚ the slogan or the advertising campaign. A brand is not even controlled by the company behind it. Rather‚ a brand is a collection of perceptions that reside in the mind of the consumer/customer. It is the gut feeling
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diversification strategy is suggested for the Mclays. In the past‚ Mclays adopted the horizontal diversification by acquiring companies like Qualitex Printing Limited and conglomerate diversification by developing the products related to the existing products in the recent past. This is because‚ both strategies are cost effective and profitable options. This is the important prerequisite in the print and digital communications market today as per the environmental audit. Therefore‚ these strategies are suggested
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reproduced without written permission from the author. Brand awareness and brand image Chuck Chakrapani Building brand equity To build brand equity‚ we need to start with the building blocks of brand equity. They include brand awareness‚ and brand image or the associations that a brand evokes. Brand awareness Brand awareness has two components: breadth and depth. Let us first consider depth . While a consumer may be aware of many brands‚ all brands are not equal in terms of awareness. The depth of
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STRATEGIC BRAND MANAGEMENT INDIVIDUAL PROJECT : CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 BRAND ANALYSIS 4 1.1. Brand and/or organizational values 4 1.1.1. The umbrella brand 5 2.1. Brand/company heritage 6 3.1. Brand and/or company strengths and weaknesses 7 3.1.1. Strengths 7 3.1.2. Weaknesses 8 4.1. Analysis of competition 8 REFERENCES 10 INTRODUCTION Throughout this paper‚ we will try to introduce you more closely to the brand of NIVEA‚ its core brand values‚ way of operating
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share price as investors and shareholders fear that they could not achieve reasonable rates of return for their investment in PLDT. To regain investors’ confidence‚ we propose PLDT to integrate the services in mobile‚ fixed voice and data. This strategy‚ when implemented‚ will minimize the negative effect of revenue cannibalization. In addition‚ it will put PLDT in a better position to capture the advantage of the rising availability of PCs and arrival of faster internet access phones in the intermediate
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international luxury brand. Burberry designs‚ manufactures and licenses apparel and accessories for distribution through its own stores and network of prestige retailers worldwide. In early 1998‚ the new management team at Burberry set out its strategy to reposition and revitalise the brand‚ which resulted in significantly improved results and strengthened the base to build the business. With continuous growth since last five years‚ Burberry has faced new challenges of brand sustainability and positioning
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