on the Spanish retail giant‚ Inditex and how its largest retail chain Zara has been so successful through its simple business model of speed‚ flexibility‚ and high fashion. As of 2002‚ Inditex had six separate chains: Zara‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Pull & Bear‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ and Oysho. Each chain operates independently and is responsible for its own strategy‚ product design‚ sourcing and manufacturing‚ distribution‚ retail. Zara is by far the largest‚ most profitable‚ and most internationalized of
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TYPICAL PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE • Sales decreases as the product moves over the timeline ZARA PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE • High fashion industry with latest designs and trends 5-6 weeks life cycle • The life cycle curves is shown as the graph above ZARA’S KEY FACTORS SHORT LEAD TIME LOWER QUANTITIES MORE STYLES • Keep up with the newest fashion trends more fashionable clothes • Zara only needs about 30 days to identify new trend and have the product available in stores
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Unit 4 External & Global Environment of Louis Vuitton in Japan Case Study Analysis Kaplan University School of Business MT460 Management Policy and Strategy Author: Professor: Ernest Norris Date: June 9‚ 2014 External & Global Environment of Louis Vuitton in Japan Introduction This case study is on the external and global environment of Louis Vuitton (LV) in Japan. For many years‚ Japan has been Louis Vuitton’s most profitable market but the economic crisis has
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General Mills faces extreme challenges in the external environment. Being a food company‚ and a very large one at that‚ they are regulated by several organizations and government agencies such as the FDA. They also claim most of their products to be very nutritious; therefore they must back their statements up. General Mills is a very important piece of the overall economy‚ being so large‚ so we are all external stakeholders. This is why they try to be socially responsible achieving #2 and #3 in
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SWOT -Opportunities One of the opportunities presented to Starbucks is the growth in coffee market. In the United States‚ specialty coffee sector accounts for approximately 15% of the total retail coffee market which is equivalent to $21billion. In 2005‚ the retail coffee market was valued to be around $23billion and specialty coffee accounted for nearly 45% of the market and was still expected to grow. Starbuck has a 40% market share in the specialty coffee sector which provides an indication
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CURRENT SITUATION Goal: ZARA’S goal is to respond quickly and accurately to shifting costumer demands. In order to do this ZARA establish 3 processes. 1. Ordering: Every store places an order twice a week to La Coruña. The order includes replenishment of existing items and initial request for newly items. • The store manager determines the replenishment items‚ walking around the store and counting the garments and talking with sales people. THEY CAN NOT LOOK UP THE INVENTORY BALANCE
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complementary capabilities‚ resources and businesses. Furthermore‚ the major competitors of UPC are Ziggo‚ KPN‚ Telfort‚ TELE2‚ Online‚ and Vodafone. UPC Ziggo What are the different strategic groups? Dimensions to Consider for Structural Analysis (Strategic Groups) within Industries 1. Specialization - Width of product line 2. Brand identification - Advertising 3. Product Quality 4. Cost position According to these dimensions we can group the companies in the telecommunication industry
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Schmidt‚ Julius Liebrecht‚ Djaky Agbadou‚ Nathalie Garro In-Class Case Study: 1 Introduction: Background Information 1.1 Company overview The firm Zara is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer based in Galicia‚ northern Spain. In 1975‚ founder Amancio Ortega opened the first store in La Coruna‚ Spain. Zara is the flagship chain store of the Inditex group (Industria de Diseno Textil)‚ encompassing many self-designed different fashion styles from daily clothing to formal suits
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1. What makes Zara different from other specialty apparel retailers? What are the main differences in the business models of Zara and H&M? Zara’s greatest strength and at the same time the difference from other specialty apparel retailers lies in its supply chain ‚ which allows Zara to turn over new styles in a fraction of the time ( three weeks ) it takes conventional retailers. It is interesting how the two leading fashion retailers ( Zara and H&M ) have totally opposite
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Strength Brand Zara is one of the famous national costume brands. There are about 2000 chain store at about 50 countries‚ and it be evaluated the most research value brand in the Europe. Zara has big potential development ability in the future Amount of clothing styles Zara always produced about 20 thousand kinds of styles clothes every year‚ so it gives some selections to different customers. Zara always give a fashion and strange feeling to customers. More selections and follow fashion
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