in apparel‚ where firms launched Fall-Winter and Spring-Summer product catalogues‚ has evolved into a continuous release of products in the store which do not stay in the assortment for long. Such trend is driven by fast fashion retailers such as Inditex or H&M‚ see Caro and Mart´ınez-de-Alb´eniz (2009). Similarly‚ electronics is suffering for a similar evolution although in this case the renewal of products is driven by technology innovation. Unfortunately‚ when products have a short life-cycle it
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SAVONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UNIT OF BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION‚ KUOPIO THE IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT A case study of H&M Ding Huiru Business Administration Bachelor’s thesis International Business April 2011 2 SAVONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES SAVONIA BUSINESS Degree Programme‚ option International Business Author(s) Ding Huiru Title of study The importance of strategic management‚ Case study of H&M Type of project Date Pages Thesis 27.4.2011 59+12 Supervisor(s)
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Chapter 2 Developing a Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy Balkan Cetinkaya Learning Goals. By reading this chapter you will: l l l l l Know the basics of competitive strategy and supply chain strategy and understand their interrelations Understand the need for a sustainable supply chain strategy Understand the ingredients of a sustainable supply chain strategy Apply a generic‚ iterative approach to develop your sustainable supply chain strategy Apply a balanced scorecard to
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Content Executive Summary Industry Analysis The Overview of Company Company Analysis Major strategic issues facing the company SWOT Matrix Future strategic choices Growth options Recommendation List of references Executive Summary Case study means:”A process or record of research into the development of a particular person‚ group‚ or situation over a period of time; A particular instance of something used or analysed in order to
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International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management‚ Vol. 32‚ 2004 Issue 8‚ pp367-376 CREATING AGILE SUPPLY CHAINS IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY by Martin Christopher‚ Robert Lowson & Helen Peck ABSTRACT Fashion markets are synonymous with rapid change and‚ as a result‚ commercial success or failure in those markets is largely determined by the organisation’s flexibility and responsiveness. Responsiveness is characterised by short time-to-market‚ the ability to scale up (or down) quickly and
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The Emergence of the Fast Fashion Business Model and Imposed Quick Response Challenges for Chinese Fabric Manufacturers Jennie Hope Peterson‚ Jimmy Chang‚ Yiu-Hing Wong‚ and Carl A. Lawrence Abstract This chapter explores and develops fast fashion in the current retailing industry and its impacts on how the Chinese textile manufacturing industry has adjusted to remain competitive. Fast fashion evolved at the turn of the twenty-first century into a business approach characterized by fresh fashions
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Lecture 1: The importance of Business Ethics * 1st part : Introduction Ethics in General: Ethics is simply how people try to live their lives according to a standard of what is good or bad. They apply these standards both in how they think and how the others behave. Two way relationship. Example : MY friend left his wife for someone else. How do you think ? Unethical‚ so I behave in a way to not to talk to him anymore. My friend considers what I did as unethical‚ we’ve been friend for
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The impact of human resource practices on the organizational performance Prepared for - Mominul Haque Talukder (MHT) Course- MGT 351 Section 8 Prepared by – Group 6 Tashdeed Tawsif Ahsan 111 0402 030 Takbir Hossain Bhuiyan 111 0485 030 Jannatul Fardous Metul 111 0560 030 Khondker Maruful Islam 111 0935 530 Md. Muntasir Uddin 113 0148 030 Contents Abstract 3 1. Introduction 4 2. Significance & objective of the Study 6 3. Questionnaire 7 4. Review of Literature 10
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Using system dynamics in warehouse management: a fast-fashion case study Anna Corinna Cagliano‚ Alberto DeMarco and Carlo Rafele Warehouse management Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of how different sourcing policies and resource usage affect the operational performance dynamics of warehouse processes. Design/methodology/approach – The system dynamics (SD) methodology is used to model warehouse operations at the distribution centre of a leading fast-fashion
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Organizacija‚ Volume 45 Research papers Number 1‚ January-February 2012 DOI: 10.2478/v10051-012-0002-8 Intercultural Differences in the Purchase and Information Behaviour of Young Consumers Beno Klemenčič1‚ Gabrijel Devetak2‚ Darko Števančec1 1 Business School Murska Sobota‚ Noršinska ulica 13‚ 9000 Murska Sobota‚ Slovenia‚ beno.klemencic@gmail.com; Da01111@gmail.com 2 Faculty of Commercial and Business Sciences‚ Lava 7‚ 3000 Celje‚ Slovenia‚ mandrija@siol.net Pressures in
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