of Economic Geography Advance Access published October 23‚ 2007 Journal of Economic Geography (2007) pp. 1–18 doi:10.1093/jeg/lbm035 Global sourcing: insights from the global clothing industry—the case of Zara‚ a fast fashion retailer Nebahat Tokatli* Abstract Until recently‚ Zara‚ a major international clothing retailer and pioneer of ‘fast fashion’ principles‚ kept almost half of its production in Spain and Portugal‚ earning the reputation of being one of the exceptions to globalization
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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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Strategic Operation Management Assignment Zara fashion Zara is a clothing and accessories retailer selling stylish apparel at affordable prices‚ and it is also the most profitable brand of the Spanish clothing retail group Inditex SA. Ortega planned for this new Zara outlet‚ located near his factory in La Coruna in northern Spain‚ to sell this overstock merchandise himself. Since then‚ Zara has expanded into 500 stores in 68 countries as of January 2007 and has become a leader in customized
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Zara case paper Analysis Zara: IT for Fast Fashion Case Analysis Abstract This case paper makes a possible business analysis of Zara‚ A successful Spanish accessories and clothing retailer of Inditex (Parent Company). The case analysis objective is to discuss on its POS systems to be continued on DOS based operating systems or to upgrade. A brief analysis of Zara’s business model. The factors helped Zara to succeed with minimal infrastructure. An overall analysis of strength
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Key Questions 1. Comparing to other fashion retail companies‚ what is ZARA’s competitive strategy? • Speedy response to consumer needs Zara guarantees that its stores are able to carry clothes that the consumers want at that time. Zara can move from identifying a trend to having clothes in its stores within 30 days. That means that Zara can quickly identify and catch a winning fashion trend than other competitors. . ‘Fast fashion’‚ it brings customers in to stores to see what is new‚ what
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Zara Case Global apparel chain are characterized by unique combinations of high value research‚ design that they have been pursued for quite some time. Almost more than 30% percent of world production apparel was exported. Lots of company making their manufacturing production on the developing country‚ because of some factor of the cheap labor intensive. Some country are keen to supply their product to the country that has a very low quote restrictions like China supply their product to Japan
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1. 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? Its relative capital efficiency? We think H&M’s financial results are the most interesting one to compare with Inditex’s. H&M is the most important and largest competitor of Inditex and due to their similar background‚ both being large international European apparel brands and offers fashionable
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Denham 1E Chapter 7-1 Chapter 7 BROADER ASPECTS OF THE FAMILY’S EMBEDDED CONTEXTUAL SYSTEM Chapter Outline THE CHRONOSYSTEM AND ITS PERVASIVE EFFECTS Chronosystem Characteristics The Chronosystem as A Life Course ASPECTS OF THE MESOSYSTEM Peer Relationships Preschool‚ School and Child Care Work‚ Employment‚ and Underemployment Play: Adult and Child Health Care Systems Social Support Systems EXOSYSTEM Peer Relationships Educational Systems Work and Play Health Care Systems
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pg. 56 1111 MANAGING THE MoST IMPORTANT AssET: BRAND EQUITY by David A. Aaker hat is going on in branding? • Gatorade‚ like many strong brands throughout the world‚ is facing the specter of major competitors entering their market and price erosion. They wonder how to respond without damaging their equity. • 3M decided that their branding was getting out of control‚ so they developed a committee of the top executive vice presidents in the company to approve all new brand names
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Introducción Zara es una de las principales empresas de moda internacional. Pertenece a Inditex‚ uno de los mayores grupos de distribución del mundo. El cliente es el centro del modelo de negocio‚ que integra diseño‚ fabricación‚ distribución y venta‚ a través de una red de tiendas propias. Todos los procesos‚ desde la creación del producto‚ comparten el mismo objetivo: dar al cliente la moda que espera.1 Las tiendas Zara‚ con 1417 2 tiendas en 69 países‚ proyectan desde los escaparates‚ la
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