Company Overview Zara is one of the largest and the most internationalized retailers that Inditex Group owns. Inditex Group is based in Spain‚ which is a global specialty retailer that designs‚ manufactures‚ and sells apparel‚ footwear‚ and accessories for women‚ men and children around the world. Zara’s history The founder of Zara‚ Amancio Ortega‚ opened the first Zara store in 1975 in a central street in La Caruña‚ Spain. It was first featured as low-priced look-alike products of popular‚ higher-end
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Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft PS - Unternehmensführung Term – Paper „Zara - Case Study“ WS 2012 Seminararbeitgruppe: Severin Springer Hans Kahofer Raphael M`Barek Antoine Eber Table of content 1. Case Introduction.........................................................................................................................1 1.1 Mission‚ Vision
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ZARA Income Statement Period Ending: 2012 31/12 2011 31/12 2010 31/12 2009 31/12 Total Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Other Revenue‚ Total - - - - Cost of Revenue‚ Total 60.29 56.72 59.02 52 Gross Profit 22.69 21.47 30.67 24.7 Total Operating Expenses 77.61 73.35 74.12 63.51 Selling/General/Admin. Expenses‚ Total 3.69 3.24 3.96 3.56 Research & Development - - - - Depreciation / Amortization 13.63 13.38 11.14 7
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[pic] CONTENTS 1. Introduction 3 2. Zara as Company 4-5 3. Zara’s Model of Operation 6 4. Company’s Structure
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ZARA IT for Fast Fashion ( Case Analysis) 1) Please describe three most important competitive advantages of ZARA (Inditex) over its main competitor. How sustainable is this advantage? 2) Assume that ZARA is considering to enter the US market. Please recommend actions for ZARA. Please make clear assumptions when necessary. After reading and analyzing the Zara case we came several conclusions when it comes to Zara’s competitive advantage over its competitors. We understood that Zara is using
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ZARA’ AMAZING logistics Introduction Zara is the world’s largest apparel retailer. Its rapid growth is considered to be benefit from its strategy that can be highly responsive to changing trends with affordable price. It is claimed that design-to-sales cycle times is ten times less than traditionally averaged. At the following text‚ there is some report and analysis about Zara’s advantage in competition‚ why it choose to have both in-house and outsourced production‚ why produce the clothes
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automates some of the comparisons‚ you will probably want to dig further into them. Background: Inditex is an international fashion retailer that designed‚ manufactured and sold apparel‚ footwear‚ and accessories for women‚ men‚ and children through Zara and other five chains around the world. The six retailing chains were organized as separate business units within an overall structure that also included six business support areas and nine corporate departments or areas of responsibility. They are
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ZARA CASE STUDY [pic] Introduction The history of Zara started in 1975‚ when the first store has been opened in Spain. It has been followed by several other stores all over the world. The company’s owner‚ Amancio Ortega‚ accumulated 340 million Euros (according to 2001 datas)‚ which is a remarkable growth if compared with other companies. Zara’s brand has become popular because of its quality and efficiency. The secret of Zara is to understand the customer’s need and demands and respond
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ZARA INTERNAL ANALYSIS. Zara’s core competence is recognizing and assimilating the continuous changes in fashion. They’re very good at this because there’s a very good communication within the company. Store managers send information about the customer demands and new fashion trends to the headquarters on a daily basis. So if there’s a new trend‚ Zara is able to adapt their products or design new articles immediately. If a design doesn’t sell within a week‚ it’s withdrawn from the shops‚ further
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