First of all‚ Inditex tries to tackle cannibalization by differentiating the brands mainly through the product‚ target markets (customer groups and countries)‚ store presentation and retail image. And in 2008‚ the percentage of the growth in sales compared to 2007 is 9%‚ it means that Zara has been successful by meeting the ‘risk of cannibalization’. Compare with the other competitors‚ Inditex has some advantages. For example‚ the first one is the repeat visits. An average high-street store in
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Zara Zara varies in price‚ promotion‚ and positioning from some of its main competitors‚ H&M and Gap. Zara uses very little of its budget on promotion and marketing and relies more on its store windows to advertise its name to the public. Zara also places stores in busy areas and predominantly in more affluent areas in order to attract the most customers who will have the financial resources to purchase clothes from them. Zara’s store windows are designed to capture and entice customers and
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simple? What are the principles for Zara’s business operation?  Fundamental business philosophy of Zara The fundamental business strategy of Zara is very simple which is linking customer demand to manufacturing‚ and liking manufacturing to distribution. Zara has been running their business in fashion industry which is susceptible to seasons and quick changing customer tastes. Zara has been approached to and considered their business as a perishable commodity business just like a fresh baked
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Task 1 zara marketing research Zara is a spanish chain store in Inditex group‚ one of the worlds biggest retail store in the world who are also owners of zara home. Zara is a fast industry bt its unique business model is based on innovation and flexibilty. they design and distribute a garment to the market in just 15 days. they always have new products but in limited supply. the customer feels there is an ’exclusitivity ’‚ since only a few items are on display even though stores are planned
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Case # 4 – Zara Zara is the flagship company of Inditex‚ an international clothing retailer. Zara began its business as a small retail store in Spain founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona in 1975. In the following decades Zara has grown to nearly 450 store location in 29 countries by the year 2000. Zara consistently accounts for more than 80% of Inditex’s net sales as indicated by Figure 1; linking the success of Inditex to the success of the strategies of Zara. Figure 1 Inditex Net Sales by Concept
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Case: Operations Strategy of Zara Question 1: Zara has a variety responsive supply chain. (a) Does it offer a competitive advantage‚ and (b) how does this affect supply chain design and performance? (a) Yes Zara’s responsive strategies improve the efficiency of information exchange in every level of supply chain; customers‚ store managers‚ designers and market specialists‚ production stuffs‚ subcontractors‚ buyers‚ warehouse managers‚ distributors‚ and so on. As a result of efficient exchange
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Executive Summary E-business Background Zara‚ part of Spanish giant Inditex Group‚ provides clothing products to customers demanding fast fashion that looks like high fashion at lower prices. It has been considered as the most remarkable fast fashion company of the 21st century. In order to understand and analyze the dynamics of the sector and the current state of Zara‚ Porter’s Five Forces and SWOT analysis will be used. E-Marketing The key elements of Zara’s e-marketing strategy include social
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Zara Case Global apparel chain are characterized by unique combinations of high value research‚ design that they have been pursued for quite some time. Almost more than 30% percent of world production apparel was exported. Lots of company making their manufacturing production on the developing country‚ because of some factor of the cheap labor intensive. Some country are keen to supply their product to the country that has a very low quote restrictions like China supply their product to Japan
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Zara is a very big clothing chain from Spain. The chain was founded in 1975 by Mr. Ortega‚ and it now has more than 1.000 stores in approximately 63 countries – so it is a very big chain. However Zara has its biggest market in Spain‚ where they have 364 stores in total. They sell fashion clothes of a fairly good quality to reasonable prices – this also means that they have a broad target group‚ which we believe to be from kids to adults younger than 50‚ both men and women. Over the years Zara has
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OPER 1027 Term 1 Assessment Case study 1-Capacity Planning in Zara Zara is one of the famous brands of the Spanish retail group. It sells up-to-the-minute ’fashionability’ at low prices‚ in stores that are clearly focused on one particular market. (Slack‚ Chambers‚ Betts‚ & Johnson‚ 2006) The first store opened almost by accident in 1975 due to a large pyjamas order cancellation. But now‚ the holdings group included Zara and the other branded chains Pull and Bear and Massimo Dutti‚ which have over
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