CASE 3.4 Continued Growth for Zara and Inditex CIRCA 2008 ARTEIXO‚ Spain¡ªZara stores have set the pace for retailers around the world in making and shipping trendy clothing. Now Pablo Isla‚ chief executive of parent company Inditex SA‚ says Zara needs to speed up. As rivals catch up‚ Mr. Isla is attempting one of the fastest global expansions the fashion world has ever seen‚ opening hundreds of new stores and entering new markets. To do that‚ as an economic downturn threatens
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competitors‚ Zara’s supply chain is quite unconventional. Instead of focusing on competitive product prices and advertising Zara has developed a super integrated supply chain paralleled by few (1). This supply chain allows it to rapidly respond to market demand and have extensive control over its design and production process (1). Inditex‚ the clothing company that owns Zara is extremely vertically integrated. It is comprised of over 100 design‚ manufacturing‚ and distribution companies (3). Contrary
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Swot analysis is an organized arranging technique used to assess the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats included in a venture or in a business wander. A Swot analysis could be completed for an item‚ place‚ industry or individual. It includes indicating the destination of the business wander or venture and recognizing the inward and outer calculates that are positive and unfavorable to accomplishing that target. In this case‚ the company of my choice is STARBUCKS. This is Starbucks
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Amancio Ortega Gaona is a famous fashion designer and entrepreneur. * He is a founder of ZARA‚ co-founder and chairman of Inditex Group * Thanks to his great management skills he is Spain’s richest man and 5th richest man in the world (net worth of $31 billion) * „ZARA“ is a part of a holding company called Inditex. Inditex is now the largest textile company in the world. Includes 8 brands: Zara‚ Zara Home‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ Pull&Bear‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Oysho i Uterqüe * “To copy
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SWOT Analysis Strength Strengths are one of the internal factor lead the organization to the success pathway and the business which allow you to operate more effectively than your competitors. For example‚ strength could be your specialist technical knowledge. As Nestle is a well-known brand in the world‚ so this is good for NESCAFÉ to make any further development and it is believed that NESCAFÉ is the major player in coffee market and it has a strong brand names because of associating
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Bachelor of Applied Management Graduate Diploma in Business AMSM700a Strategic Management Assessment One – Case Study 2014 Student ID 2014001813 NorthTec reserves the right to use electronic means to detect and help prevent plagiarism. Students agree that when submitting this assignment‚ it may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com. Submissions received late will be subject to a penalty of 10% of the student’s mark per working day. This assessment
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Week 3 Assignments Legend: Means part completed Means NEED to complete Call tech support for help Submit a copy of your Career Plan. • Team Exercise Organizational Planning / SWOT Analysis PepsiCo •Identify the company’s internal and external stakeholders. PepsiCo’s internal stakeholders are any employees‚ board members‚ and any volunteers. This would encompass every employee from the delivery driver‚ to the CEO and Board Member- Indra Nooyi
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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ZARA: IT FOR FAST FASHION Introduction The success of Zara in apparel manufacturing and retail business started from their belief that customers taste in fashion is hard to predict. Zara’s strategic intent to respond quickly and accurately to the fastchanging market demand has become the basis in building their core competency of highly responsive supply chain. This supply chain enables Zara to quickly capture the unpredictable market demand‚ shorten the turnaround production
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stores based on projections and anticipated future value of the buildings As long as Inditex’s profit margins stay high‚ they will have the money to invest and pay expenses. Question 2.1 – Advantages Compared to Average Retailers Zara follows fashion closely. Zara is better able to react to actual consumer demands (fashion)‚ instead of forecasting it Due to its high response capability with regard to production‚ combined with trials of entirely new (risky) items in key stores‚ its IT enabled
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* Involved in the managerial decision-making process What is SWOT? * S strengths * W weaknesses * O opportunities * T threats 2.2 Case study on Strategic management process In this case‚ I have study internationally known home furnishing retailer‚ which is (IKEA) the larger furniture retailer in this world. The purpose of this case study is to analyze the objectives and strategies used by IKEA‚ SWOT analyzing and discuss major issue that the company faced. IKEA
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