orry‚ Zara. Gap’s Got Game. by Liz Gunnison Aug 12 2008 The Spanish company eclipses Gap as the world’s biggest specialty retailer‚ but on closer inspection... A Zara store in China. The chain’s owner‚ Inditex‚ surpassed Gap Inc. as the world’s biggest specialty retailer in the second quarter. But the lead may already have vanished. Image: epa/Corbis Based on first-quarter results‚ Zara International of Spain has closed the gap on Gap Inc.‚ becoming the world’s largest fashion retailer by
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Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft PS - Unternehmensführung Term – Paper „Zara - Case Study“ WS 2012 Seminararbeitgruppe: Severin Springer Hans Kahofer Raphael M`Barek Antoine Eber Table of content 1. Case Introduction.........................................................................................................................1 1.1 Mission‚ Vision
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Amanda Lopez March 15‚ 2014 Case Study #1 - Zara Zara is known for its stylish designs‚ many with a resemblance to the offerings of famous Italian fashion houses and all moderately priced. Despite this very recent popularity‚ the novel business model of Zara has gone virtually unnoticed for over 30 years‚ allowing Zara’s parent company‚ Inditex‚ to grow from zero to almost $20B in revenues. Zara was founded in 1975 and its parent company‚ the Inditex group went public in 2001. Within
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Zara Case Management 454 3/20/14 Founded in 1975 by Armancio Ortega‚ Zara is a very successful Spanish clothing and accessory realtor and the first business to start the Inditex Group empire. Starting in a small Galician city known as La Coruna in Spain‚ Zara has grown to be a retailer powerhouse with over 6‚000 stores in 85 different countries. Although the number of stores and locations is constantly changing as Zara is known to open more than a store a day in past
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Zara Summary Zara has successfully built a worldwide famous brand thanks to its premium locations as well as a unique management system of design‚ production and supply chain. Unlike other fashion brands‚ it takes Zara only 10 to 14 days from the time it designs new clothing until it arrives in stores.The case describes the implementation of the fast-fashion concept by Zara and analyzes the components of its flexible integrated business model . Furthermore it reports on the international expansion
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Case study I.1 Zara: the Spanish retailer goes to the top of world fashion Zara (www.inditex.com) is a fashion retail chain of Inditex Group owned by the Spanish businessman‚ Amancio Ortega‚ who also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti‚ Pull & Bear‚ Oysho‚ Uterqüe‚ Stradivarius and Bershka. The Inditex group (of which Zara is a part) is headquartered in La Coruña‚ northwest Spain‚ where the first Zara store opened in 1975. It is claimed that Zara needs just two weeks to develop a new product
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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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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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