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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Merchandising Report Merchandising centres on the buying and selling of goods within a market place and a good merchandising system is essential to the success of any retail business. I intend to focus this merchandising report on Zara‚ a ladies fashion retailer and HMV‚ an entertainment megastore. These two companies have specific buying and merchandising strategies‚ which are tailored to the needs of their products. This report will explore the similarities and differences within each company
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Case Memo: Zara Fast Fashion 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? Indeed comparing the financial performance of Inditex with the key competitors‚ Inditex was the most profitable company in terms of ROIC. In terms of revenues‚ income and size‚ H&M shows that it is the most interesting to compare. Inditex has a store number
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to leverage brand equity (Monga & John‚ 2010; Tom‚ Kelly & Ravi‚ 2012). Zara as one of the world’s most successful fast fashion brand (FFB) retailers has applied brand extension into its brand development. The purpose of this report is to examine the brand extensions strategy of Zara which include these areas: the marketing objectives of brand extension‚ the relationship between competitive advantage of Zara and the brand extension strategy‚ the model and concept of evaluate customers’ attitude
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ZARA Income Statement Period Ending: 2012 31/12 2011 31/12 2010 31/12 2009 31/12 Total Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Other Revenue‚ Total - - - - Cost of Revenue‚ Total 60.29 56.72 59.02 52 Gross Profit 22.69 21.47 30.67 24.7 Total Operating Expenses 77.61 73.35 74.12 63.51 Selling/General/Admin. Expenses‚ Total 3.69 3.24 3.96 3.56 Research & Development - - - - Depreciation / Amortization 13.63 13.38 11.14 7
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itself through its original strategy and its lightning growth: Zara. This apparel retailer belongs to the group Inditex‚ which also owns for example brands such as Massimo Dutti and Bershka. The company’s headquarters are in Corunna (Spain)‚ and was founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega. The concept of Zara’s stores is to propose a wide range of clothes as well as underwear‚ accessories and shoes –and even recently‚ interior decoration with Zara Home. Stores can be compared to luxury shops in terms of lightening
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automates some of the comparisons‚ you will probably want to dig further into them. Background: Inditex is an international fashion retailer that designed‚ manufactured and sold apparel‚ footwear‚ and accessories for women‚ men‚ and children through Zara and other five chains around the world. The six retailing chains were organized as separate business units within an overall structure that also included six business support areas and nine corporate departments or areas of responsibility. They are
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Zara: Apparel Q 1. Ans: Having a very responsible supply chain Zara is enable to keep store inventory to a minimum‚ and keep a fast turnaround of new products. This encourages customers to buy the product as soon as they see it in a store because the same product might not be there the next time and Zara does not always send stores the same product twice. Q 2. Ans : Zara does manufacture some clothing in Asia‚ but not to save cost. It is to save time in supplying the Asian market and to keep its
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Introduction: The following report is the study conducted to analyse the financial performance conducted for Zara UK (Fame‚ 2008). Turnover: Considering the trends in Turnover [pic] It can be seen that there has been a major rise in turnover since 2002. One of the points that can be noted that there has been a major increase in the turnover since 2006. This is mainly due to increase in sales. The prospect for 2008 appears good and there is a potential for increasing turnover. However‚ the
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Dairbekova Professor: La Perla 20th December 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION This academic paper analyzes the marketing aspects and theories that are being applied to the company Zara‚ and analyzes and evaluates the marketing performance of the company. The report will cover the following topics: 1. The production of a concise external marketing audit by using PESTEL and SWOT analysis and Porter’s five forces‚ and the identification
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