Zara - IT for Fast Fashion Management Information Systems EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The objective of this document is to discuss the issue of Inditex’s DOS-base IT infrastructure and how it affects Zara’s performance. Inditex is concerned about its IT infrastructure being antiquated and the possibility that hardware vendors will upgrade their machines leaving them incompatible with DOS. Because Zara’s core business model is vertically integrated‚ it could specialize in speed and efficiency and
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Corporate Strategy – Zara The core concept of Zara ’s business model is they sell "medium quality fashion clothing at affordable prices"‚ and vertical integration and quick-response is key to Zara ’s business model. Through the entire process of Zara ’s business system: designing‚ sourcing and manufacturing‚ distribution and retailing‚ they presented four fundamental success factors: short cycle time‚ small batches per product‚ extensive variety of product every season and heavy investment in
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BrAnd LoyALty Jooyoung Kim‚ Jon d. Morris‚ and Joffre swait ABSTRACT: We examine a model of six latent constructs and propose that true brand loyalty can be explained as a result of five distinct antecedents: brand credibility‚ affective brand conviction‚ cognitive brand conviction‚ attitude strength‚ and brand commitment. Data from experimental conditions with manipulations of eight product classes and two involvement levels lend support for the proposed model‚ demonstrating that brand loyalty can
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would like to tell you about the brand loyalty and answer the question “How can companies create brand loyalty?” I would be glad to answer any questions at the end of my talk. Let me start with the definition of this term. As I understand brand loyalty is when consumers become committed to your brand and make repeat purchases over time. We can say that brand loyalty is a result of consumer behavior and is affected by a person’s preferences. Loyal customers will consistently purchase products from
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Zara : IT for Fast Fashion Zara is a leading brand in the fashion retail industry. It is a vertically integrated retailer‚ a pioneer of the Just-In-Time Inventory system. It becomes important to define the critical success factors for this industry in the analysis presented through the following three questions: 1. How can you differentiate Zara’s use of IT? Technology investment should be targeted at the points in the value chain where the impact is most significant. If we look at the value
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aimed at not only boosting sales‚ but also developing ties and a long-term relationship with the customer have an upper hand in the long-term benefit of the business in terms of sales and profitability. One way of achieving this is creating a customer loyalty programme which is an effective marketing tool. This is attributed to the win-win situation whereby the customers are rewarded for their loyalty as well as the business acquiring and maintaining their market share through repetitive buying hence
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Zara Case Analysis Zara’s Marketing Strategy • Produce a product that can adjust and fit multiple trends and can adapt quickly to new style. • Pride itself on its location (usually on the best street in big cities) as opposed to spending money on public advertisements. • Target a youthful and vibrant culture. • Have current and efficient technology in their stores. Target Market • Young‚ fashion- conscious city dwellers. • Rapidly changing style that needed to cater to people who were not
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Journal of Product & Brand Management Emerald Article: The relationship of consumer personality trait‚ brand personality and brand loyalty: an empirical study of toys and video games buyers Long-Yi Lin Article information: To cite this document: Long-Yi Lin‚ (2010)‚"The relationship of consumer personality trait‚ brand personality and brand loyalty: an empirical study of toys and video games buyers"‚ Journal of Product & Brand Management‚ Vol. 19 Iss: 1 pp. 4 - 17 Permanent link to this document:
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to the demands of target customers which called for identifying trends of the customer in advance. The company has been able to identify the trends and meet the demand with the help of its autonomously organized structure and its effective value chain systems. The present system followed by Zara has been very effective and very easy to maintain‚ which as a result has persuaded the company to continue without any change in the present system so far. The problem that Zara faces right now is that the
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Maintaining customer loyalty has also been a cornerstone in Apple’s success. Strong customer loyalty drives sales‚ sustainability‚ and growth especially in today’s economy. Apple must continue to build and maintain excellent customer relationships to stay competitive. Customers are Apple’s greatest asset and it costs much less to retain a current customer than it does to acquire a new one. Therefore‚ Apple must achieve long-term loyalty to strengthen their market share. I would recommend the
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