1. a. Core competencies of Inditex Inditex’s infrastructure The six retailing chains: Zara‚ Bershka‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Stradivarius and Oysho were organized as separate business units‚ responsible for their own business strategies‚ product design and other 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
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Lifestyle Private Limited (“SSIPL Lifestyle”) is a retailer for brands Lotto and Beverly Hills Polo Club. The Company’s step-down subsidiary‚ Sports Station (India) Private Limited (“Sports Station”) is a retailer for brands Levi’s and United Colures of Benetton. Sports Station also operates concept stores and multi brand outlets under the name of ShoeTree and Value Station. They are thus a specialty retailer of premium international sports and lifestyle brands in India with a presence across retailing‚
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Merchandising What is merchandising? Merchandising is the methods‚ practices‚ and operations used to promote and sustain certain categories of commercial activity. In the broadest sense‚ merchandising is any practice which contributes to the sale of products to a retail consumer. At a retail in-store level‚ merchandising refers to the variety of products available for sale and the display of those products in such a way that it stimulates interest and entices customers to make a purchase.
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Zara operation management‚ A business case! Tuesday‚ September 2‚ 2008 Zara operation management‚ A business case! 1- Executive Summary Operations management is in regard to all operations within the organization related activities including managing purchases‚ inventory control‚ quality control‚ storage and logistics. A great deal of focus is on efficiency and effectiveness of such processes. An example of successful operations management in retail sector is obvious in Zara business model which
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COMPETITION IN THE GLOBAL MASS-FASHION MARKET FASHION COMPANY MANAGEMENT LEVEL 4 FASHION MARKETING & COMMUNICATION General Overview General Overview H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish global retail-clothing company‚ known for its fast-fashion. 2‚500 stores are spread across 44 markets. Germany is H&M’s largest market‚ followed by the US‚ France and the UK. H&M has more than 20 country offices that are responsible for the various departments in each sales country.
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Strategic Management I Pere Clavero Framework Case Analysis Organization Processes & Culture • In 1997: “Rosso” acquired a VP for the “Retail & Intl” dept.; with 10 years of experience within the FMCG multinational industry‚ the new VP was given the responsibility for heading the Italian market. • In 2000: Former VP from LEVI’S joined the company as the VP Marketing & Sales. A great contribution for the line development process which was
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Zara’s primary threat is rivalry in the apparel retailing market. Retail spending on clothing and apparel in 2000 was approximately 900 billion worldwide. This market has been described as a buyer driven market. The GAP (U.S.)‚ H&M (Sweden)‚ and Benetton (Italy) all compete internationally with Inditex‚ owner of Zara and five other apparel retailing chains. Zara contrasts the buyer driven market model as usually exists in the apparel retailing market by acting as both retailer and manufacturer‚
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History has been witness to the Arvind Group ’s commitment to excellence‚ innovation‚ perseverance and undying attention to customer and societal needs. As an organization‚ Arvind has successfully integrated diverse businesses‚ services and products‚ unified by a common vision - of enriching lifestyles. Founded in 1931‚ Arvind lost no time in establishing its position as one of India ’s leading super-fine fabric manufacturers for the domestic market. And yet‚ Arvind has always felt the pulse of
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procurements and production planners to certify products’ quality. Thirdly‚ Zara provides good design products to customers‚ however it just cost low price. Looking at Zara’s net margin‚ in 2001‚ Zara firm was the highest net margin on sales among Benetton‚ H&M‚ Gap. Fourthly‚ Zara products also flexibility‚ products divided into three different volumes which are for men’s clothing line‚ for women’s and for children’s in order to attract all kinds of customers. Besides that‚ Zara measures “orders
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Supply Chain Management Fast Fashion Industry [pic] MBA 4642 - Products & Processes Module Leader: Dr. Louise Boutler Venkatesh Kumar Subburaj Assignment 2 (Individual) Word Count: 2193 M00328327 04.04.2011 Middlesex University Business School Contents ABSTRACT 3 1. Introduction 4 1.1 Nature of fast fashion industry 4 2. Importance of agile supply chain in fast fashion industry 5 3. Managing the Fashion logistics pipeline 6 4. Global Quick Response (GQR) in Fashion
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