Q 1.: What is unique about Zara’s business model? Zara has proved to be a maverick of its time it came at a time that the apparel industry was fragmented there was no integration‚ the costs incurred were enormous it was highly labor-intensive leading to outsourcing to save on costs and the business model prevalent was not proving to be highly successful as compared to the models of other industries. In came Zara and showed that strategic imperatives depended on how a retailer sought to create and
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Supply Chain Management at Zara‚ a flagship chain store of Inditex Group based in A Coruña‚ Spain. The Make-Buy decision The make or buy decision entails choosing between manufacturing a product in-house or purchasing it from an external supplier. When making this decision‚ the two most important factors to consider are cost and
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Fast Food restaurants have been around for many years and have developed over the time to meet consumer’s needs. The basic fundamentals of fast food have not changed; deliver food to customers as fast as possible. Eating fast food is something that I have not done in over four years. I decided to take a friend of mine to help me evaluate Burger King and McDonalds. Both of these restaurants are similar in many ways but also have many differences when it comes to taking orders. The production process
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What are the 5 primary types of consumer and market data provided in the case you would consider if you were Dana Wheeler? Discuss specific result elements (not a summary of the exhibits). As Dana Wheeler‚ I would consider the following five primary types of consumer and market data: 1. Cable Ratings: Both Advertising and Affiliate revenue will depend upon these as the usability of a channel to the cable company and advertisers depend upon the amount of viewers a channel has. 2. Annual Demographic
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Holding Fast HBR Business Case Assignment 1. This case starts out in a lab that is located in a building that is operated by Crescordia. Crescordia is a company that makes a range of products such as artificial hips and scalps but also is one of the few companies that sell fixation devices. At the beginning of the case Crescordia holds a seminar for orthopedic surgeons so they can better familiarize themselves with the products and procedures that are needed when dealing with using these fixation
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concession or extension will be granted. Late submission will be automatically penalized 10% of the total marks‚ on per day basis. Assignments may not be accepted more than five (5) days late. Students should always retain one hardcopy of the assignment‚ in case lost through transmission. Assignment - Format The assignment/report should comprise the following recommended structure: 1. Assignments may be typed or word processed. Word processing is strongly recommended with double-spacing. 2
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CASE 3.4 Continued Growth for Zara and Inditex CIRCA 2008 ARTEIXO‚ Spain¡ªZara stores have set the pace for retailers around the world in making and shipping trendy clothing. Now Pablo Isla‚ chief executive of parent company Inditex SA‚ says Zara needs to speed up. As rivals catch up‚ Mr. Isla is attempting one of the fastest global expansions the fashion world has ever seen‚ opening hundreds of new stores and entering new markets. To do that‚ as an economic downturn threatens
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Question 1.1 - Competitors It is most interesting to compare Inditex’s financial results with H&M. Similarities Low prices and relatively high fashion content Both are mainly European based Strong international expansion strategy Both have reasonable but not excessive physical quality In terms of positioning‚ Gap and Benneton are less fashion driven and more expensive Differences: H&M mainly outsources its production (outsources 50% of its production in Europe as well‚ but has slightly
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and clean. We were attracted to Zara since it is very fashionable and has high variety of distinctive styles. Ideal for the independent shopper since customers are not bothered by employees. Zara was also spacious; however we found it was unorganized and messy. 2. We could not distinguish the new clothing line from the previous and since there store is grouped together by color themes‚ it is difficult to distinguish the different styles offered at Gap. At Zara as we entered the store it was difficult
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Social Media March 18‚ 2014 Social media is a new marketing tool for businesses to interact with their customers in ways that deepen the communication that was not possible before. In addition‚ it is a relatively inexpensive platform for an organization to implement marketing campaigns. Based on this platform‚ businesses become more transparent and consumers have the control of the marketing message. Pros: 1. Lower hard cost compared to traditional marketing‚ such as direct sales
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