THE UNIFORM FRANCHISE OFFERING CIRCULAR GUIDELINES GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 90. Introduction: The Uniform Franchise Offering Circular ("UFOC") Guidelines consist of the Requirements‚ the Instructions and the Sample Answers. The UFOC Guidelines were prepared and adopted by the North American Securities Administrators Association ("NASAA") and its predecessor‚ the Midwest Securities Commissioners Association. The members of NASAA cannot create statutes since that is the constitutional province
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(accessed 23 July 2005). (The) US Commercial Service (2001)‚ “Overview of the apparel market”‚ 14 April‚ available at: www.usatrade.gov/website/mrd.nsf/MRDurl/ISA_KOREA_APP_OVERVIEW-OFTHE- Vitzthum‚ C. (2001)‚ “Just-in-time fashion: Spanish retailer Zara makes low-cost lines in weeks by running its own show”‚ Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition)‚ 18 May‚ p Winters‚ W. (2003)‚ 6th Annual Rising Star Awards‚ available at: www.fgi.org (accessed 19 May 2003).
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QUESTION 1 As completely as possible‚ sketch the supply chain for Zara from raw materials to consumer purchase. ANSWER ZARA’S SUPPLY CHAIN Description Zara makes about 40% of their raw material (fabric). The remaining 60% is outsourced from within Spain‚ mostly from the La Curuna. Designing of clothes at Zara is done by creative teams of over 300 professionals at the headquarters in La Curuna‚ Spain. They act on the information fed to them from the stores managers. The first stage in
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Case Study # 1 – Zara / Due 10/13 – 10 pts / Professor Conrad Zara is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing apparel retailers‚ owing to a unique blend of business practices and an internal culture that many might say run “counter-intuitive” to those of competing U.S. retailers. More recently‚ however‚ industry analysts have started to suggest that the “fast fashion” business model that has made Zara so successful over the past decade has run its course and the very notion of disposable
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Comparison of Zara and Benetton Supply Chains REPORT Master Supply Chain and Purchasing Management (MSCP) Date 11.02.2010 Outline I. Supply Chain strategy 3 II. Supply Chain structure 5 III. Supply Chain processes 6 IV. Supply Chain management practices 7 V. Supply Chain performance 8 VI. Strengths and weaknesses 9 Bibliography 10 Appendix 11 I. Supply Chain strategy The purpose of this report is to compare the supply chains of Zara and Benetton‚ two global players of
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Subway is an American fast food restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches (subs) and salads. It is owned and operated by Doctor ’s Associates‚ Inc. Subway is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with 40‚229 restaurants in 102 countries and territories as of 11 September 2013.[1] It is the largest single-brand restaurant chain and the largest restaurant operator globally.[3][4][5] Subway ’s main operations office is in Milford‚ Connecticut; five regional centers
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Blackboard. Question #1: (Twenty Points) Stocks (a). Why is stock ownership considered equity and bond ownership considered debt? In finance you can think of equity as ownership in any asset after all debts associated with that asset are paid off. For example‚ a car or house with no outstanding debt is considered the owner’s equity because he or she can readily sell the item for cash. Stocks are equity because they represent ownership in a company. When a company needs money‚ the solution is to raise
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MODULE 1 1. Brief history of the chosen company. 2. The company’s mission statement: Mission‚ Vision‚ Major Goals‚ Core Values. 3. Some preliminary evaluation of the CEO’s leadership capabilities in comparison with key characteristics of good strategic leaders. Question 1. Brief history of the chosen company. 1. Introduction PHO24 used to be a Vietnamese noodle restaurant chain belonging to Nam An Group‚ the biggest F&B Corporation in the country. Apart from PHO24‚ Nam An
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The role of market orientation on company performance through the development of sustainable competitive advantage: the Inditex-Zara case Andres Mazaira  University of Vigo‚ Oureuse‚ Spain E. Gonzalez  University of Vigo‚ Oureuse‚ Spain Ruth Avendano Ä University of Vigo‚ Oureuse‚ Spain Keywords Market orientation‚ Competitive advantage‚ Clothing industry‚ Organizational culture Abstract This paper has been developed as a part of research seeking to verify the effects of organisational
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Table of contents 1 Key figures about Zara 1 2 Exogenous factors during Zara’s foundation and globalization 2 3 The method of Zara 2 4 Bibliography 4 Key figures about Zara Zara‚ main subsidiary of the La Coruna (Spain) based Inditex Group Inc.‚ was founded in 1975 and has become world’s largest clothing retailer in 2008 (Clark & Keeley‚ 2008). On the way to the top of the global retail industry it passed some decisive events that transformed the formerly founded pyjama and dressing
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