Zara: IT for Fast Fashion Identification of issues: The case study‚ Zara: IT for Fast Fashion‚ focuses on the retail giant‚ Inditex‚ and how its largest retail chain‚ Zara‚ has been so successful with their business model of high fashion‚ product variation‚ low cost‚ speed‚ and flexibility. Several issues are identified in this case study. One glaring issue that is apparent relates to the fact that a long term Information Technology (IT) strategy does not exist. There is no formal
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Zara Case Write-Up Zara was founded in 1963‚ by Amancio Ortega Goana. He started the company because he wanted to improve the manufacturing and retail aspects of fashion and to reduce the cost of the apparel chain. He opened the first stores in Spain‚ and slowly over the decades started to expand to different countries. Zara headquarters is in Arteixo‚ Spain‚ with their distribution center close by. Inditex‚ the holding company that owns Zara‚ has a business model‚ which states‚ “Global specialty
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occur throughout the season. The models for each season (more than 30‚000 of them last year alone) are developed together by the creative departments of the various brands. The sources of inspiration for the 300 designers (of whom 200 work just for Zara) include not just the trends that control the market but the wishes of customers‚ based on
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CONCERNS‚ EMPLOY CHILD LABOR‚ AND ENGAGE IN OTHER GHASTLY PRACTICES." What role does Information Technology (IT) play in enabling Zara’s counter-intuitive strategy quite opposite to this conventional wisdom? Could the firm have executed its strategy without the help of IT? Why or why not? Answer: IT plays an important role in the success of Zara. It is crucial in the processes of: "DATA GATHERING"‚ "DESIGN" AND "MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS" Zara’s store managers lead the intelligence-gathering
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Study Trip Report - Madrid How did Zara become a successful player in the global fashion market? 1. Abstract This academic report is connected to the study trip topic “Adaption of Spain to a globalized economy”. It is focused on the international development of Zara Clothing in an international competitive market and is based on current news‚ statistics and the company his annual report. A few years ago‚ the retailer introduced a unique business process‚ which makes them the leader in fast
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PAPER ZARA Created By: Anggita Sulisetiasih 1006718706 Kenji Wibawa Junardy 1006718990 Patricia M. A. Adam 1006805694 International Undergraduate Program Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia Depok 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 4 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1. Company Background 4 1.2. Vision and Mission 4 1.3. Long-term Objectives 5 Chapter 2 6 VISION – MISSION ANALYSIS 6 2.1. Importance (Benefits) of Vision and Mission Statements 6 2.2. Characteristic of a
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for future changes or improvements. Analysis & Recommendation: Zara’s main strategy is the ability to respond very quickly 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
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By Wendy –Zara exericse 1 Q5. Who are the customer ? The target market is broad‚ women‚ men‚ children that likes fashion and is sensitive to fashion. Q6 .Who are the customers‚ and what product/ service attributes do they consider important? The target market is very broad‚ Zara do not define their target by segmenting ages and lifestyles like what traditional retailers are doing. Its target market is working in big cities‚ with mid range income‚ a young‚ educated person that likes
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summary General introduction (including a concise consumers and category market/ trend overview) Entry mode -The suitable mode of entry for Zara to enter the clothing industry in Vietnam is franchising. -As Vietnam’s joint venture regulations are strict; the Vietnamese investors must own at least 51% of the enterprise’s capital. This will create some difficulties to Zara in term of controlling the business. -Therefore‚ franchising is more suitable because the mode of entry is suitable for entering a small
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Zara case study Business model Amancio Ortega Gaona‚ a Galicia native‚ opened the first Zara stores in La Coruna in 1975 and has begun international expansion ever since. Zara is a part of Inditex‚ which is one of the world’s largest fashion distributors. Zara is known for its fast respond to ever- changing fashion trends to satisfy customers’ needs. The purpose of this paper is to discuss issues and alternatives of Zara’s operating system. The three key success factors in Zara’s business are:
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