Analysis Inditex Group Unit Introduction- GBO Group Award: Global Trade and Business SCN: 0137219061 Candidate’s Name: Cristina Diaz Alama HND Centre Xianda College of Economics and Humanities Shanghai International Studies University Date: 2013/10/08 Assessment 1 Select a Global Business Organization and describe its development from inception through to its present status as a global trader. Describe its expansion including any global acquisitions and mergers
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Case Study Fast Fashion Step 1 After two decades of fast fashion popularity‚ retailers and consumers have come to realize one of its biggest issues‚ its impact on the environment. Can fast fashion and sustainability work together? Step 2 The affordability of Fast Fashion is one of the main reasons for its high demand. Lack of authenticity or Intellectual Property. Fast Fashion has forced retailers to desire low cost and flexibility
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Chapter 3 in the text examines what might be termed the more ‘strategic’ aspects of supply network design. Chapter 13 (this chapter) treats some of the more operational issues. Yet‚ the boundary between what is strategic and what is operational in supply network/chain management is somewhat arbitrary. And although this case does not examine the very operational issues of how each of these companies’ supply chains operates‚ it does provide a starting point for a debate on what‚ in practice‚ the operational
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Fashion as a way of expression In 1950 using men’s trousers or shirts‚ mini dresses and flat shoes was the trendiest way to dress. By 1960 the hippie subculture took over‚ bringing their bohemian vibes with them‚ making the maxi floral dresses and flower crowns a hit. And by the mid-1980s Madonna had introduced us to the universe of the Girl Power‚ the spandex bodysuits and the colorful disco inspired clothes. As we see fashion has always been transcending hand in hand with us‚ and the way it is
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Fast Fashion Fast fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world due to the poor material and natural resources used for manufacturing inexpensive clothing. These industries produce the latest fashion trends for affordable prices that are ready to sell within weeks. Big fashion corporations—Forever 21‚ H&M‚ Zara—maintain low prices by seeking low-cost manufacturing methods in developing countries. While manufacturing creates new job opportunities in developing countries‚ jobs in these
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Identification of Issues: Top management at Inditex‚ Zara’s parent company‚ must make the decision whether or not to upgrade the current IT system that they utilize‚ specifically their Point of Sales (POS) terminals in which they utilize in all their stores. Currently‚ the system that they use is based on a DOS operating system. In comparison to current technologies‚ DOS based applications are considered to be antiquated‚ although still in use by some organizations. Zara’s terminal vendor has assured
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Fashion What is fashion?The word fashion generally relates to clothing! What is fashion? Fashion is a part of all our lives no matter where you are from! Fashion Is "YOU" and fashion is "me". I think we all can agree that clothing is an essential part of our lives Right? Fashion plays a very important part of your life. Fashion is not just for the rich and the famous! fashion can describe a person in many ways. your gender‚ your religion and culture you are from It allows other to judge
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What is Zara value proposition to customers? How is Zara’s Supply Chain helping this value proposition? Zara is able to sell fashionable clothing to consumers. It can quickly respond to consumer trends and bring garments to market that follow trends in the local market. This concept of “fast fashion” allows trends to move from catwalk/conception to retail location quickly‚ in some instances in just a few weeks. It also affords these fashionable items at reasonable prices. Consumers therefore look
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“ INDITEX GROUP – ARE ITS “FAST FASHION” RESULTS SPEEDING UP AGAIN AFTER RECENT SLOW DOWNS ? ” This case study has been written exclusively for use on the course Strategic Financial Management FINA 1035 at Greenwich University Business School and its partner institutions. It is to be used exclusively for this purpose. No part may be copied ‚ emailed or reproduced for any other purpose other than stated above. Much of the data and material included in the case study is taken from the annual reports
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be analyse in this essay is Inditex and particularly Zara‚ its main brand. Inditex Group is a textile company‚ the most important in the Spanish textile sector and one of the most important multinational and one of the most weighty multinationals in Spain. A Multinational Corporation can be defined as enterprises which own or control production or service facilities outside the country in which they are based (definition by the UN; Czinkota‚ 1992; page 298). Inditex can be classified as a multinational
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