analysis is useful to both Inditex executives and Zara store manages as they have to set their own objectives and make decision respectively. In the case study‚ Zara has only hold a small portion of market share in USA garment industry with only 50 branches. Before fully development in USA market‚ SWOT analysis enables Inditex executives to understand their Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats of Inditex. For example‚ the strength of Zara is “fast-fashion”‚ with fast design and manufacturing
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Executive summary The main objective of this thesis is to determine the value of Inditex´s share by conducting own valuation. Over the recent years‚ Inditex has demonstrated remarkable growth and continuously been expanding its operations year after year. Furthermore‚ Inditex has had a continuous increase in share value since being publicly listed in the Madrid stock exchange in 2001‚ until mid of 2007. However‚ from 2007 until today‚ the share price has plunged from 51 EUR to 25 EUR. Experts seem
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Vertical Integration vs Outsourcing of Zara Written by Mohd Rahman October 04‚ 2014 “The original business idea was very simple. Link customer demand to manufacturing‚ and link manufacturing to distribution. That is the idea we still live by” -- Jose Maria Castellano Rios‚ Inditex CEO. 1 Introduction to Zara Zara is an icon in the fashion world and largest international fashion designing and manufacturing company. Zara is the flagship chain store of Inditex Group owned by Spanish
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Creepy Craig It was almost like lying in a boiling rubber blowup pool. The air was thick and Zara couldn’t manage to fall asleep. The strange noises from across the hall filled the silence of her apartment again. Zara always felt suspicious of the man who lived there‚ because when she waited for the lift to go to the floor of her unit‚ he would stand there at least four times a week and watch her as the doors closed. The creepy thing about that was‚ when the lift reached the sixth floor
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Innovative Business Model Inditex‚ the company that owns Zara has an innovative business model that serves as the foundation of its strategic capability. The business model of Zara gives utmost importance to customer and continuous innovation. The organization considers the customer as the beginning and end of its business. However‚ Zara has pushed forward by giving the customer an active role from the start of the chain and turned it into the principal drive for its entire business model. The
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Agile Supply Chain: Zara ’s case study analysis Galin Zhelyazkov Design‚ Manufacture & Engineering Management; Strathclyde University Glasgow email: galin.zhelyazkov@strath.ac.uk Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess and document the key aspects in Zara ’s success by identifing current gaps‚ and to provide direction for future research efforts. Design/methodology/approach – Zara ’s case studies and literature published from 2001 to 2010 was reviewed. Findings – The review summarizes
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distribution of their clothing would be greatly hampered. Zara realizes that the customers don’t care about the channel of distribution‚ what they do care about is the customer service level. Zara’s customers have come to expect store deliveries twice a week and will plan their shopping accordingly. If the channel didn’t deliver when expected‚ then the customer would be disappointed‚ therefore‚ this is extremely important to the overall success of Zara. Not only have the customers come to expect the delivery
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Raoul and Giordano. Vision “ZARA is committed to satisfying the desires of our customers. As a result we pledge to continuously innovate our business to improve your experience. We promise to provide new designs made from quality materials that are affordable” Mission Statement “Through Zara’s business model‚ we aim to contribute to the sustainable development of society and that of the environment with which we interacts.” Target Market & Price Zara sells apparel‚ footwear and accessories
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Apparel Industry Executive Summary It was in 1975‚ almost forty years ago when Zara‚ a small unknown Spanish apparel firm began its operations in La Coruna‚ a small seaside town located along the northwest Spanish coastline‚ approximately 300 miles from Madrid. Now the once small local apparel manufacturer has evolved into a flagship international group (The Inditex Group)‚ the parent of eight global retail chains‚ including Zara‚ Bershka‚ Massimo‚ Dutti‚ Stradivarius‚ and Oysho with a combined annual
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Retrieved March 18‚ 2007 from http://www.solonline.org/aboutsol/history/. The Starbucks Company. (2007). Retrieved March 17‚ 2007 from http://www.starbucks.com. Stemina. (2007). Retrieved March 17th‚ 2007 from‚ http://www.stemina.com/. United Colors of Benetton. (2007). Retrieved March 17‚ 2007 from http://www.benetton.group.com. University of Phoenix. (2007). Building a culture for sustaining change simulation. Retrieved March 12‚ 2007‚ from University of Phoenix‚ rEsource‚ Simulation‚ MBA520-Transformational
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