Problem Statement: In 2003‚ Zara’s CIO must decide whether to upgrade the retailer’s IT infrastructure and capabilities. At the time of the case‚ the company relies on an out-of-date operating system for its store terminals and has no full-time network in place across stores. Despite these limitations‚ however‚ Zara’s parent company‚ Inditex‚ has built an extraordinarily well-performing value chain that is by far the most responsive in the industry. Therefore the major problem to the company is to
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1. What does it take to succeed in the global apparel industry? Is that different from what it takes a regional player to succeed? 2. What elements of Zara’s value chain help/hurt its ability to grow? Do you think Zara should grow 3. How would you advise Salgado to proceed on the issue of upgrading Zara’s POS systems? Intro - Inditex (Industria de Diseño Textil) of Spain‚ the owner of Zara and five other apparel retailing chains * Global Apparel Chain - Characterized as a prototypical
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Wright‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Amelia Bloomer and many more have done so through their actions‚ and speeches. Nevertheless‚ in recent times fashion has become an available source of expression. It is a powerful tool to be able to be seen and not heard--but still get the message across. Since its humble beginnings‚ fashion has oftentimes just existed‚ but in the past century‚ it has existed as a form of expression‚ art‚ and liberation Now‚ women are still being influenced and challenged
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The 60s of Fashion Mary Quant once stated “ I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn’t like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted” (“Brainyquote”). Back in the 1960s designers thought the clothes that people had to wear was to boring so they wanted to make their own designer clothes. Mod fashion was a type of a style that was very huge in the 60s because of designers‚ colors‚ and it changed the fashion world. Mod fashion was huge in the 60s because of
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Fashions may be defined as way of living‚ decorating‚ etc.‚ which are popular today‚ which are popular today‚ but which would soon lose their popularity. It is something passing and transitory‚ a mere craze of the moment to be looked down upon with contempt. For example‚ tight pants are the fashion today‚ but only a short while ago broad loose pants were the order of the day. If today a man appears in society wearing broad pants‚ he would be held up to ridicule‚ but only a few years ago they were
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Italy is among the leading nations in fashion design‚ alongside others such as France‚ USA‚ United Kingdom‚ Germany and Japan. Fashion is definitely a natural part of the country’s cultural lifestyle and society‚ and also Italians are popular for their attention of wearing on good clothes; "la bella figura"‚ and good impression‚ remains traditional Modern history Fashion in Italy began to become the nearly all fashionable in Europe since the 11th century‚ and powerful cities of that time period
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Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 20 (2013) 68–79 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jretconser Luxury fashion consumption in China: Factors affecting attitude and purchase intent Bopeng Zhang a‚ Jung-Hwan Kim b‚n a b Department of Apparel‚ Educational Studies‚ and Hospitality Management‚ Iowa State University‚ Ames‚ IA 50011‚ USA Department of Retailing‚ College of Hospitality
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Fashion is something we deal with everyday. Even people who say they do not care what they wear choose clothes every morning that say a lot about them and how they feel that day. Fashion never stops changing and also is believed to be a form of art. It is full of originality and filled with creativity. Every person is looking for modes how to express themselves and show their personality. Coco Chanel once said‚ “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky‚ in the
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HOULD THERE BE A BAN IN A FASHION SHOW Fashion TV should be banned as it goes not provides any sensible to young or even people.People see fashion tv just to see girls with less or no clothes.They are notinterested in the design of clothes‚name.Please use code **** to ban content on your TV. If there are 18% children‚then there are (please minus 18)% adults. And I know how the 18% came‚ if you arestill using head for Sex - then you’ll.The ban on fashion TV or any other show such as Z Trendz which
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The fashion world is dominated by whites but what about their culture? It’s been said before that there is no original idea and that still holds true. The fashion industry has had to reinvent itself since its start‚ in order to keep and recreate trends. Without the fashion worlds evolution‚ it would no longer exist. With this evolution comes cultural appropriation and a blatant disrespect for the cultures it borrows from. Style of dress and hairstyles that cause oppression in one culture is praised
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