Running head: Zara Case Paper Analysis 1 Zara: IT for Fast Fashion Case Analysis Sonal Bhagwat University of Houston-Victoria MGMT 6352-2011FA-25125 November 2011 Zara Case Paper Analysis 2 Table of Contents: • Abstract 3 • Case Description 4 • Goals and Strategy 5 - Speed and Decision-making 5 - Marketing‚ Merchandising‚ and Advertising 6 - Information Technology 6 • Problem Analysis Firm-based-value chain model
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Zara Case Write-Up Zara was founded in 1963‚ by Amancio Ortega Goana. He started the company because he wanted to improve the manufacturing and retail aspects of fashion and to reduce the cost of the apparel chain. He opened the first stores in Spain‚ and slowly over the decades started to expand to different countries. Zara headquarters is in Arteixo‚ Spain‚ with their distribution center close by. Inditex‚ the holding company that owns Zara‚ has a business model‚ which states‚ “Global specialty
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II. Capabilities of Software A. Object Linking and Embedding OLE Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) is a technology developed by Microsoft that allows embedding and linking to documents and other objects. OLE allows an editing application to export part of a document to another editing application and then import it with additional content. For example‚ a spreadsheet created in Excel can be imported into Word. if the spreadsheet then needs to be amended‚ it can be edited in Excel and the changes
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ZARA Income Statement Period Ending: 2012 31/12 2011 31/12 2010 31/12 2009 31/12 Total Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Other Revenue‚ Total - - - - Cost of Revenue‚ Total 60.29 56.72 59.02 52 Gross Profit 22.69 21.47 30.67 24.7 Total Operating Expenses 77.61 73.35 74.12 63.51 Selling/General/Admin. Expenses‚ Total 3.69 3.24 3.96 3.56 Research & Development - - - - Depreciation / Amortization 13.63 13.38 11.14 7
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ZARA’ AMAZING logistics Introduction Zara is the world’s largest apparel retailer. Its rapid growth is considered to be benefit from its strategy that can be highly responsive to changing trends with affordable price. It is claimed that design-to-sales cycle times is ten times less than traditionally averaged. At the following text‚ there is some report and analysis about Zara’s advantage in competition‚ why it choose to have both in-house and outsourced production‚ why produce the clothes
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ZARA是西班牙Inditex集团旗下的一个子公司，它既是服装品牌，也是专营ZARA品牌服装的连锁零售品牌。1975年设立于西班牙的ZARA，在世界各地56个国家内，设立超过两千多家的服装连锁店。ZARA深受全球时尚青年的喜爱，设计师品牌的优异设计，价格却更为低廉，简单来说就是让平民拥抱High Fashion。 Zara‚ a Spanish-based chain owned by Inditex‚ is a clothing retailer who has taken a new approach in the industry. Zara stores are company-owned‚ except where local legislation forbids foreigner-owned businesses. It was first open in 1975‚ originally a lingerie store‚ then the product range expanded to incorporate women’s fashion‚ menswear
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Zara Case Analysis Focused on manufacturing affordable yet high fashion concept apparels for women‚ men and child‚ Zara is one of the most popular fashion brands in the world now. It is also one of my most frequently visited boutiques. The success of Zara is not a miracle; it is the result of successful operation management. First of all‚ Zara has a special planning and design cycle. Zara hires 200 designers and make 11‚000 styles of apparels every year‚ which is about 5 times as many as comparable
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY‚ JODHPUR Application of Category Management Principles in ZARA Submitted To:- Mr. Sanjay Kumar Submitted By:- Mr. Ritesh Malpani IInd Semnester MFM Introduction:- Category management is a retailing and purchasing concept in which the range of products purchased by a business organization or sold by a retailer is broken down into discrete groups of similar or related products; these groups are known as product categories (examples of
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Zara: Apparel Q 1. Ans: Having a very responsible supply chain Zara is enable to keep store inventory to a minimum‚ and keep a fast turnaround of new products. This encourages customers to buy the product as soon as they see it in a store because the same product might not be there the next time and Zara does not always send stores the same product twice. Q 2. Ans : Zara does manufacture some clothing in Asia‚ but not to save cost. It is to save time in supplying the Asian market and to keep its
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margins stay high‚ they will have the money to invest and pay expenses. Question 2.1 – Advantages Compared to Average Retailers Zara follows fashion closely. Zara is better able to react to actual consumer demands (fashion)‚ instead of forecasting it Due to its high response capability with regard to production‚ combined with trials of entirely new (risky) items in key stores‚ its IT enabled system to track sales‚ and store managers feedback on customer preferences/demands. Design and production
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