ZARA"Compare and Contrast the approaches taken by H&M‚ Benetton and Zara to managing their supply chains". Design Brand | Method | H & M | Mainly in-house designers who design garments to a price point to produce designer garments at a reasonable price. Pattern designers are an important part of the process due to all garments being manufactured by third parties. | Zara | Separate the design into three market segments‚ Women’s‚ Men’s and Children’s lines. Each segment has it’s
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Q 1.: What is unique about Zara’s business model? Zara has proved to be a maverick of its time it came at a time that the apparel industry was fragmented there was no integration‚ the costs incurred were enormous it was highly labor-intensive leading to outsourcing to save on costs and the business model prevalent was not proving to be highly successful as compared to the models of other industries. In came Zara and showed that strategic imperatives depended on how a retailer sought to create and
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Case Study and Exercises Exercise #1 We were given the formula of distance ‚ where D – Distance from location L (distribution center) to location I (consumption point); - X coordinate of the warehouse l (distribution); - X coordinate of the store i (consumption); - Y coordinate of the warehouse l (distribution); - Y coordinate of the store i (consumption). Consequently‚ applying these formula in the Excel we receive the following result: Then‚ multiplying the distance by the amount
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What are the 5 primary types of consumer and market data provided in the case you would consider if you were Dana Wheeler? Discuss specific result elements (not a summary of the exhibits). As Dana Wheeler‚ I would consider the following five primary types of consumer and market data: 1. Cable Ratings: Both Advertising and Affiliate revenue will depend upon these as the usability of a channel to the cable company and advertisers depend upon the amount of viewers a channel has. 2. Annual Demographic
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competitors‚ Zara’s supply chain is quite unconventional. Instead of focusing on competitive product prices and advertising Zara has developed a super integrated supply chain paralleled by few (1). This supply chain allows it to rapidly respond to market demand and have extensive control over its design and production process (1). Inditex‚ the clothing company that owns Zara is extremely vertically integrated. It is comprised of over 100 design‚ manufacturing‚ and distribution companies (3). Contrary
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Question 1.1 - Competitors It is most interesting to compare Inditex’s financial results with H&M. Similarities Low prices and relatively high fashion content Both are mainly European based Strong international expansion strategy Both have reasonable but not excessive physical quality In terms of positioning‚ Gap and Benneton are less fashion driven and more expensive Differences: H&M mainly outsources its production (outsources 50% of its production in Europe as well‚ but has slightly
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Marketing Campaign Noelle Androuin Fashion Industry Profile The Apparel Industry consists of companies that design and sell clothing‚ footwear and accessories. Product categories include everything from basics‚ such as underwear‚ to luxury items‚ for example‚ cashmere sweaters and alligator-skin handbags. Traditionally‚ Apparel companies are wholesalers‚ selling large quantities of goods to retailers‚ which markup items and sell them to consumers for a profit. However‚ it’s become more difficult
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and clean. We were attracted to Zara since it is very fashionable and has high variety of distinctive styles. Ideal for the independent shopper since customers are not bothered by employees. Zara was also spacious; however we found it was unorganized and messy. 2. We could not distinguish the new clothing line from the previous and since there store is grouped together by color themes‚ it is difficult to distinguish the different styles offered at Gap. At Zara as we entered the store it was difficult
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INTRODUCTION I. Japan PEST analysis 3 A. Political Landscape 3 B. Economic Landscape 3 C. Socio-cultural Landscape 4 D. Technological Landscape 5 II. Fashion Industry: Five Forces of Porter 6 A. Threat of new entry 6 B. Bargaining power of suppliers 8 C. Bargaining power of buyers 8 D. Threat of substitute products/services 9 E. Intensity of rivalry among competitor 10 III. Company analysis 11 A. H&M 11 1. H&M Vision‚ Values‚ Goal and Strategy
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famous fashion designer and entrepreneur. * He is a founder of ZARA‚ co-founder and chairman of Inditex Group * Thanks to his great management skills he is Spain’s richest man and 5th richest man in the world (net worth of $31 billion) * „ZARA“ is a part of a holding company called Inditex. Inditex is now the largest textile company in the world. Includes 8 brands: Zara‚ Zara Home‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ Pull&Bear‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Oysho i Uterqüe * “To copy the fashion and make
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