Zara’s financial performance? Since only Inditex historical financials are shown in the case‚ we took the financials of Inditex to describe Zara’s financial performance. It is reasonable to take Inditex financial data because Zara made up 76% of Inditex’s sales in 2001. Zara (Inditex) Financial Performance in 1996-2001 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Liquidity Ratio (current ratio) 0.81 1.00 0.88 0.87 0.90 1.02 Leverage Ratio (debt/ equity) 1.98 1.84 1.97 1.98 1.80 0.75 Profitability
Premium Leverage Inditex Leveraged buyout
The effects of monopolies on the U.S. Economy What is a monopoly? The concept of a monopoly is largely misunderstood and the mere mention of the term evokes lots of emotions that make clear judgment almost impossible. The standard economic and social case for or against monopolistic businesses is no longer straightforward. According to Mankiw (2009) a monopoly is defined as a market structure characterized by a single seller of a unique product with no close substitutes[1]. When
Premium Monopoly Economics Perfect competition
hours. Zara produces up to 11‚000 items per year while its competitors produce only 2‚000 items approximately‚ this ability able Zara to replace undesirable goods with the preferred one in short notice. According to the short product life-cycle strategy‚ Zara create the sense of scarcity‚ which lead to the customer’s awareness about purchasing the goods right away after it is launched. The finding shows that Zara shopper visits the chain 17 times a year compared with 3-4 times a year for Zara competitors
Premium Inflation Gross domestic product Unemployment
is evolving with the development of society and its progress and advancement‚ and as the community reacts to events and changes in various spheres of economic‚ political‚ environmental‚ re ligious‚ and with the global economic crisis‚ which still affect most sectors of the economy‚ all of these reasons with other of reasons‚ imposed on this social science that is evolving in terms of quality‚ style and methods applied in order to reach the results of accounting more acceptable in solving
Premium Financial crisis Accountant Economics
The Impact of Global Economic Crisis in the Middle East Impact of Global Economic Crisis in Middle East Page 1 Table of Contents Glossary ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 4 Background .............................................................
Premium United Arab Emirates Middle East Saudi Arabia
Microfinance – 2014/5 Module: Global Political Economy Assignment: Globalization constrains policy choices of domestic governments This paper examines the overview of the field of global political economy and globalization and the impact of constrain policy choices of the domestic government. I examine the international trading system‚ the international monetary system‚ the international financial system and I argue that political economy and the resulting of globalization
Premium World Trade Organization International Monetary Fund International trade
NATUREOF THEGLOBAL ECONOMYANDGLOBALISATION TH E GLOBAL ECONOMY Trade inGoods and Services had grown rapidly increasing from 38%ofGWP in 1990 to 63% ofGWP in 2007. GWP is now9 times the level in 1950 howeverthe volume ofworld trade has grown 33 times it’s 1950 level During times of economic downturns‚the growth of globaltrade has contracted fasterthanworld economic output highlightingthe greater volatility oftrade compared toGWP. Important developmentthat has contributed to these flows
Premium Economics Globalization Economy
the Economic Consequences for the UK Economy of the 2012 Olympics When Jacques Rogge announced‚ on the 6th of July 2005 that London would be the 2012 Olympics host city it was met by jubilation across the United Kingdom. During the “Boom” years‚ the Olympics were seen to be a great opportunity to exhibit the United Kingdom to the world and bring in a huge boost to the UK economy. However‚ now the Olympics are taking place during the worst financial crisis since the 1930s and with the government
Premium United Kingdom 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic Games
expected to show high resistance in response to it. Even though Zara has a decentralized decision making process‚ the retailer’s IS department exercises absolute autonomy on the IT infrastructure and design. The fact that “only one person had left the department” in the past 10 years further confirms that the retailer is suffering from cognitive and action inertia‚ and thus creating a huge barrier for such upgrade. Nevertheless‚ Zara should still perform such upgrade in the long run. Q1b. Should
Premium Inventory Strategic management Management
T.K.Maxx and Zara are very different retailers in the fashion industry. Whilst one offers low cost designer labels the other retails quality own-brand labelled clothes at a reasonable price. Zara sets itself apart from the giant market place by celebrating its motive to offer exactly what the customer wants‚ going to detective levels to make sure they understand their audience’s wishes. T.K.Maxx on the other-hand distinguishes itself by reducing prices of designer labels by up to 60%‚ and these are
Premium Customer Customer service Retailing