Pestle Analysis of Zara SOE11108 Sources of Competitive Advantage Assessment 1 Group Presentation PESTEL – Analysis [pic] Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Overview 3 3 Business Environment 3 4 Political 4 5 Economic 4 6 Social 5 7 Technological 6 8 Environmental 6 9 Legislative 8 10 Conclusion 8 References 9 Introduction The global apparel market is a consumer-driven industry. Also‚ globalization and new technologies have allowed consumers to have more access to fashion. As a result
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Threats - ZARA Some threats that affect ZARA include international expansion‚ geographic scope‚ and intense competition. Zara recognizes that the company needs to have a competitive advantage in order to survive‚ so they are constructing a second distribution centre in Zaragoza. Also the company is still looking to expand internationally. Expanding in Spain is difficult for the company because of past experience in Sweden. Zara is considering expansion in North America‚ but is concerned that it
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Benetton Group Annual Report 2004 Benetton Group Annual Report 2004 Benetton Group S.p.A. Villa Minelli Ponzano Veneto [Treviso] - Italy Share Capital: Euro 236‚026‚454.30 fully paid Tax ID/Treviso Company register: 00193320264 The Benetton Group 5 Directors and other officers 7 Letter to Shareholders from the Chairman and Founder of the Benetton Group‚ Luciano Benetton 8 Financial highlights 11 Directors’ report Markets‚ trademarks and licenses 12 Production organization 14 Human resources
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Zara Case: Fast Fashion from Savvy Systems a gallaugher.com case provided free to faculty & students for non-commercial use © Copyright 1997-2008‚ John M. Gallaugher‚ Ph.D. – for more info see: http://www.gallaugher.com/chapters.html Last modified: Sept. 13‚ 2008 INTRODUCTION The poor‚ ship-building town of La Coruña in northern Spain seems an unlikely home to a techcharged innovator in the decidedly ungeeky fashion industry‚ but that’s where you’ll find “The Cube”‚ the gleaming‚ futuristic
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also chose it‚ so we had to change. We researched about successful cases in enterprise management and uniqueness. Finally we found a company‚ Benetton‚ which fits our requirements. Benetton is well known as a big company in fashion‚ but its beginning was very shabby and unique in character‚ and history. Benetton is a typical family business. Four Benetton brothers and sisters established this company. Maybe it is similar with Korea’s many old companies in terms of making own fortune by their own
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------------------------------------------------- zara spainshclothing company clothing and accessories retailer based in Arteixo‚ Galicia‚ and founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera. It is the flagship chain store of the Inditex group; the fashion group also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Uterqüe‚Stradivarius and Bershka. It is claimed that Zara needs just two weeks[1] to develop a new product and get it to stores‚ compared to the six-month industry average‚ and
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Marketing communication: Advertising and Promotion Ethics of “Shock advertising” Benetton Group by origin was created by the oldest brother of the Italian family Benetton‚ who turned into a fashion company in 1965‚ they saw a market for a potential of selling colorful clothing which the concept of the company was built on. What How is Benetton’s vision? “Benetton Group is focused on the future. Its story is built on innovation and seeing what ere others fail to see.‚ The Group has always
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TYPICAL PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE • Sales decreases as the product moves over the timeline ZARA PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE • High fashion industry with latest designs and trends 5-6 weeks life cycle • The life cycle curves is shown as the graph above ZARA’S KEY FACTORS SHORT LEAD TIME LOWER QUANTITIES MORE STYLES • Keep up with the newest fashion trends more fashionable clothes • Zara only needs about 30 days to identify new trend and have the product available in stores
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industry? Is that different from what it takes a regional player to succeed? 2. What elements of Zara’s value chain help/hurt its ability to grow? Do you think Zara should grow 3. How would you advise Salgado to proceed on the issue of upgrading Zara’s POS systems? Intro - Inditex (Industria de Diseño Textil) of Spain‚ the owner of Zara and five other apparel retailing chains * Global Apparel Chain - Characterized as a prototypical example of a buyer-driven global chain‚ in which profits
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a high income nation through initiatives under the SME Master plan. As a result of the change in definition‚ the percentage of the total number of SME business in the country is expected to increase from 97.3% currently to 98.5%. The company named M. H. Mohd Industries Sdn. Bhd is a combination of Mr. Muhammad bin Yusoff
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