Management‚ Economics and Strategic Research [pic] BRAND MANAGEMENT MK 3214 Individual Assignment Theme: “Zara” brand Instructor: Elmira Bogoviyeva Written by: Tulegenova Aigerim - 20071441 [pic] Abstract The focus of this paper is to analyze the one of the most popular brand name called Zara. And while reading this report there can arise a question about what is so special about Zara? The challenge is that it is a brand. It is worth pointing out that this is a well known brand in the retail
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accessories for women‚ men and children through its chains around the world. Zara is the largest and most internationalized of the six retailers that Inditex owns: (Zara‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Pull & Bear‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ and Oysho). Zara is one of the leading retail garments chain in Europe. Their main competitors are Gap and H&M‚ and together they form a group of speciality chains in the apparel industry. Zara has operated and adopted a different strategy as compared to Gap and H&M and the
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How is Zara organized with respect to its vertical integration and outsourcing decisions? What governance structure does it appear to follow? Support your conclusions with reference to details of the Zara and the Ferdows reading. Zara manufactures and distributes its products in small batches. Zara is vertically integrated as the company manages all design‚ warehousing‚ distribution and logistic functions. Zara outsources sewing of garments to an outside supplier. Zara controls the product it
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ZARA vs. UNIQLO Team J: Bingbing Ge Lei Du Sophia Maduka Salman Syed Azim Thanadol Boonyaviwat Tanya Goel 1 Index Content Page Number Executive Summary………………………………………………………………... 4 Introduction………………………………………………………………………… 5 Industry Analysis……………………………………………………………………5 Competitive Environment……………………………………………….5 Strategic Groups………………………………………………………...6 ZARA………………………………………………………………………………
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Q1. With which of the international competitors listed in the case is it most interesting to compare Inditex’s financial results? Why? What do comparisons indicate about Inditex’s relative operating economics? Ans. The four companies shown given in the case have very different business models. Inditex owned much of the production and most of its stores. Inditex is thus a vertically integrated company. This gave Inditex a competitive advantage‚ which is quick response to the market requirements
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Zara is the flagship brand of the Spanish retail group‚ Inditex SA‚ one of the super-heated performers in a soft retail market in recent years. When Indtiex offered a 23 percent stake to the public in 2001‚ the issue was over-subscribed 26 times raising Euro2.1 billion for the company. Zara is unique model in business world today it has its own principles which may varies from its competitors in the same industry starting from production strategy ending with supply chain management strategy‚ these
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Today many consumers before investing in a certain company ask themselves this question‚ what is the most reliable company to shop and invest on? There are many competitive companies who compete against each other where there ultimate goal is to get the attention of their clients. Often times consumers do feel satisfied with the investment of the company but when a company fails and stocks begin to decrease the client purchasing and investing in the company does not feel satisfied anymore. No one
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CASE STUDY Zara The case describes how Zara‚ operating out of the Galician port of La Coruña in north-west Spain has managed to become a benchmark for speed and flexibility in the garment industry. The case offers an illustration of a fast-response global supply‚ production and retail network. In 2003 Zara was the only retailer that could deliver garments to its stores worldwide (507 in 33 countries) in just fifteen days after they were designed. It could do that because of its unique systems
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SPANISH FASHION BRAND ZARA Carmen Lopez Ying Fan Brunel Business School Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management (2009)‚ 13:2‚ 279-296 INTRODUCTION Zara is one of the world’s most successful fashion retailers operating in 59 countries. However‚ there is little research about the firm in English as the majority of publications have been written in Spanish. This paper seeks to address this gap in the literature by examining the internationalisation process of Zara. This study adopts an
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Sewing up the Competition - Innovation in the Textile and Clothing Industry Manufacturing doesn’t get much older than the textile and clothing industry. Since the earliest days when we lived in caves there’s been a steady demand for something to wrap around us to keep warm and to protect the more sensitive bits of our anatomy from the worst of the elements. What began with animal hides and furs gradually moved into a more sophisticated activity with fabrics woven from flax or wool – and with
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