by: Prof. Richard Beswick Anja Anastasja Keller U1028905 23.08.2012 MBA-USQ 11: MKT5000 Written Assignment I: Zara Marketing Audit‚ Anja Anastasja Keller‚ U1028905 Executive Summary Zara is a publicly listed company and belongs to the Inditex Group‚ founded by Amancio Ortega in 1975 in Spain. Zara always continues to bring excitement to fashion and fulfils customer demand. Currently‚ Zara has 1‚600 stores in 77 countries and continues to force its logistics system to complete stock rotation
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BURBERRY…………….4 REFERENCES.……………………………………………………………………5 Introduction ABOUT ZARA… Zara started operations in Spain in 1975‚ and now operates in 74 countries worldwide. Zara is one of the largest international fashion companies and it is owned by INDITEX‚ one of the world’s largest distribution groups. Their unique business model includes design‚ distribution‚ production and sales and they do all this through their retail network‚ where they think the customer is at the heart of it all. Through their
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Case Study: Zara: IT for Fashion Background Zara‚ high fashion clothing producer and retailer‚ opened its first store in Galicia‚ Spain in 1975‚ and by 2003‚ had grown to 550 stores worldwide. Zara is the largest holding of its mother company‚ Inditex‚ and is evaluating whether to invest in modernizing its IT infrastructure‚ specifically its in-store Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals which are running a DOS Operating System that is now EOL. Business Model Zara has a unique and very effective business
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Suggested Assignment Questions Industrie Pininfarina - What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a niche manufacturer? How has the competitive environment of niche auto manufacturers been changing over the past few years? What factors are affecting the competitiveness of niche manufacturers such as Pininfarina compared to the volume manufacturers? - As Renato Bertrandi‚ what do you see as the most significant challenges facing Pininfarina over the next five years? What are Pininfarina’s
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Zara: The Technology Giant of the Fashion World Synopsis Zara is a company that defines what the fashion industry has termed “fast fashion.” The flagship specialty chain of Spain-based clothing conglomerate‚ Inditex‚ Zara has built an information and distribution system that allows it to put the latest runway fashions in its stores in a matter of weeks at a fraction of what the big-name designers charge. In addition to fast‚ Zara is prolific. In a typical year‚ Zara launches about 11‚000
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The case of Zara: a supposed exception to globalization The article written by Nebath Tokatli is about the case of Zara‚ a fast fashion retailer company supposed to be an exception to the global trend of this sector. The author‚ after a brief introduction in which she declares her purpose to demonstrate this idea to be false‚ starts describing the change in the culture of fashion from “houte couture” and ready-to-wear too fast fashion. Fast fashion retailers do not directly invest in design
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------------------------------------------------- Background of GAP GAP is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco‚ California. It is a part of the group with the same namesake ‘The GAP‚ Inc’. It was founded in 1969 as a single store by Donald G. Fisher and wife Doris. The store’s merchandise consisted of Levi’s and “Long Playing” records; later they came up with their own private label in 1974. The GAP‚ Inc today is one of the world’s largest specialty retailers‚
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APPAREL AND FOOTWEAR IN CHINA Euromonitor International May 2014 APPAREL AND FOOTW EAR IN CHINA LIST OF CONTENTS AND TABLES Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... 1 Economic Slowdown Negatively Impacts Apparel and Footwear Sales ................................... 1 Sportswear Industry Posts Sluggish Retail Value Growth in 2013 ............................................ 1 International
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apparel firm began its operations in La Coruna‚ a small seaside town located along the northwest Spanish coastline‚ approximately 300 miles from Madrid. Now the once small local apparel manufacturer has evolved into a flagship international group (The Inditex Group)‚ the parent of eight global retail chains‚ including Zara‚ Bershka‚ Massimo‚ Dutti‚ Stradivarius‚ and Oysho with a combined annual revenue of close to $21 billion in 2012‚ making its founder‚ Amancio Artego‚ one of the world’s wealthiest individuals
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description of the 2 companies Goods and services‚ size‚ PMC‘s‚ structure‚ position in supply chain. Zara Zara is an innovating clothing company which sells clothes throughout the world. Its first shop opened in Spain in 1975. It belongs to Inditex which is one of the largest distribution groups in the entire world. Zara has clothing‚ shoes‚ handbags and furniture. There are over 3.000 Zara stores around the world‚ 205 Zara Kids stores and 272 Zara Home stores. This means that Zara is larger
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