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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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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CHAPTER Marketing Channels Delivering 12 Customer Value PRE VIEWING We now arrive at the third marketing mix tool—distribution. Firms rarely work alone in creating value for customers and building profitable customer relationships. Instead‚ most THE CONCEPTS are only a single link in a larger supply chain and marketing channel. As such‚ an individual firm’s success depends not only on how well it performs but also on how well its entire marketing channel competes with competitors’ channels
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2003). Ipsos reid (2002)‚ “Internet use continues to climb in most markets”‚ 10 December‚ available at: www.ipsos-reid.com (accessed 22 March 2003). Jin‚ B. and Koh‚ A. (1999)‚ “Differences between South Korean male and female consumer in the clothing brand loyalty formation process: model testing”‚ Clothing and Textiles Research Korea Federation of Textile Industries (2002)‚ available at: www.kofoti.org/textile/introduction/ introduction_main.htm (in Korean) (accessed 19 May 2002). Korea Federation of
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Technology (IT) play in enabling Zara’s counter-intuitive strategy quite opposite to this conventional wisdom? Could the firm have executed its strategy without the help of IT? Why or why not? Answer: IT plays an important role in the success of Zara. It is crucial in the processes of: "DATA GATHERING"‚ "DESIGN" AND "MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS" Zara’s store managers lead the intelligence-gathering effort that ultimately determines what ends up on each store’s racks. Armed WITH PERSONAL DIGITAL
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ZARA: IT For Fast Fashion 1. Is Zara’s business model scalable ? No‚ Zara’s business model is not scalable Reasons: • • • • Though Zara is able to do well in a dynamic market‚ most of the sales of Zara come from Spain (46%) and from women’s segment (73.3%). Hence it becomes very difficult for Zara to scale it up to other countries and other segments. Zara follows decentralized model where store managers have lot a of power – It is very difficult to find such efficient people once we they scale
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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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SUBJECT - PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGEMENT CLASS - S.Y. BMS DIVISION - A SEMESTER - IV PROF. INCHARGE - NIKISHA KUKREJA COLLEGE - R.D. NATIONAL COLLEGE YEAR - 2013 - 2014 BRAND AMBASSADOR Nirali koradia is an animal lover through. In addition to being a long-time claws and paws supporter‚ she founded Bonaparte’s Retreat‚ Tennessee-based dog rescue organization where people in need and animals in need help prepare each
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In what ways are elements of the classical management and behavioral management approaches evident at Zara International? Inditex’s group known a ZARA had implemented elements of both classical management and behavioral management approaches. Starting off with the Classical Management‚ ZARA has used some of the principles of Henri Fayol’s Administrative principles. Building their business model to identify the following five “duties” of management‚ which are foundations for the four functions of
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Zara International was a retail shop originated in La Coruna‚ Spain in 1975. It was clothing and accessories shop and imitated the latest fashion trends and sold them at a lower cost. It became Zara International after entering Portugal in 1988 and then the United States and France in the 1990s. The distributor for this brand is Inditex and is considered the most successful retail chain in the world. Zara has a business strategy that is very different from the retailers nowadays. If a customer orders
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