Mary Rose Batoon Fashion Retail Branding and Promotion Professor Dena Strong March 3‚ 2015 Zara 1. What are the Main Challenges in the business model adopted by Zara? Based on weaknesses and threats on Zara SWOT analysis‚ the main challenges they are facing today are the high dependence on European Markets‚ Intense completion in the retail market‚ Rising labor wages‚ especially in Europe‚ and the risk of foreign exchange fluctuations. Others also include the problems faced by management in the organization
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------------------------------------------------- Masters in Financial Management ------------------------------------------------- 2011 - 2012 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Zara: responsive‚ high speed‚ affordable fashion ------------------------------------------------- Strategic Management Prof Dr Peter Verhezen Quynh Lan Nguyen Engaging in irregularities is severely sanctioned in correspondence with article
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(Low to Medium) * New entrants will have to deal with high and large fixed cost * incentive because of profitability of zara * newest fashion at an inexpensive price * Zara as part of the Spanish Inditex Group‚ can benefit from the micro-economic concept of the Economies of Scale. Hence it gains cost advantages as production (scale) increases * Zara is operating within the market of “fast fashion” hence size as well as economic efficiency matter. Inditex’s superior supply chain
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ϖ Company 11 – Zara‚ Inditex ϖ Zara‚ the world largest clothing retailer brand that is part of the Inditex multinational clothing company which was created by Amancio Ortega and Rosalia Mera in 1974. They are based in the northwest of Spain. Currently‚ Zara has a total of 2‚000 stores in major cities around 88 different countries. They are acclaimed as a fast fashion company in the industry with more than two hundred professional designers within the creative teams. Zara’s products are diversification
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Pestle Analysis of Zara SOE11108 Sources of Competitive Advantage Assessment 1 Group Presentation PESTEL – Analysis [pic] Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Overview 3 3 Business Environment 3 4 Political 4 5 Economic 4 6 Social 5 7 Technological 6 8 Environmental 6 9 Legislative 8 10 Conclusion 8 References 9 Introduction The global apparel market is a consumer-driven industry. Also‚ globalization and new technologies have allowed consumers to have more access to fashion. As a result
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Term 3 – Supply Chain Management – Group 6 Case Analysis of ZARA: Fast Fashion This report is submitted to Prof. Devanath Tirupati in partial fulfilment of the course requirements of Supply Chain Management at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Saketh Sabbineni Sankalan Prasad Mayur Shrikhande Tushar Bhargava 5th March 2014 Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated‚ any views or opinions expressed in this report are solely those of the authors. Executive Summary Inditex‚ founded
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Zara’s financial performance? Since only Inditex historical financials are shown in the case‚ we took the financials of Inditex to describe Zara’s financial performance. It is reasonable to take Inditex financial data because Zara made up 76% of Inditex’s sales in 2001. Zara (Inditex) Financial Performance in 1996-2001 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Liquidity Ratio (current ratio) 0.81 1.00 0.88 0.87 0.90 1.02 Leverage Ratio (debt/ equity) 1.98 1.84 1.97 1.98 1.80 0.75 Profitability
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2012 Zara Marketing Audit MBA-USQ 11: MKT5000 University of Applied Sciences Zurich (HWZ) Switzerland Supervised by: Prof. Richard Beswick Anja Anastasja Keller U1028905 23.08.2012 MBA-USQ 11: MKT5000 Written Assignment I: Zara Marketing Audit‚ Anja Anastasja Keller‚ U1028905 Executive Summary Zara is a publicly listed company and belongs to the Inditex Group‚ founded by Amancio Ortega in 1975 in Spain. Zara always continues to bring excitement to fashion and fulfils customer
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Introduced to Thailand for the first time in February of 2006‚ Zara today has three stores located in the three most luxurious malls of Bangkok. Zara’s much anticipated opening was very well received by the Thai community. This study investigates views from both Zara and its customers in order to identify important issues regarding consumer’s interaction with Zara and vice versa. An in-depth interview with Zara’s brand manager introduced three main issues concerning value perception from consumers
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Swott Analysis Strengths: Zara’s product is very fashionable due to the strong team of design and there is a strict control over the supply chain since design till produce and deliver‚ which the company will ensure that it meets the customers’ satisfaction at the end. Zara’s product cycle is much better than competitors‚ the brand is able to come up with the new design in very short amount of time and have finish goods ready in store within 24-48 hours. Zara produces up to 11‚000 items per year
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