production to countries with lower labour and transportation costs and reduced lead-time. • Fashion companies are becoming more flexible and vertically organised‚ limited vertical integration being more frequent than complete integration. • Adoption of new technology to expand productivity and increase competitiveness INTRODUCTION ABOUT ZARA • Established in 1975‚ Zara is the flagship of Inditex (Industria del Disen˜o Textil‚ SA). • Inditex has become the world’s
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Zara Case Study Main Problems Zara need to adapt their strategy to ensure future stability in meeting the demands of a larger customer base. The problems that they need to address are as follows; Rapid Organic growth outside of Spain – Zara have shifted focus into expanding overseas‚ specifically the Asia region. According to Exhibit 8‚ 120 new Zara stores were opened outside of Spain in 2010. Despite the current centralized distribution model working well and at below capacity‚ continuous rapid
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“Fashion is Hollywood” People are influenced by celebrities every day. They watch their movies‚ listen to their latest songs‚ or read about their stunning red carpet gowns in magazines. But fashion has been the biggest inspiration to the modern-day consumer with celebrities designing fashion lines of their own. Everyone from Jennifer Lopez to Hilary Duff has created their own clothing or accessory line. Some celebrities have done exceptionally well when creating a fashion line; for
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FOLLOWING NEW FASHION TRENDS AS A FACTOR AFFECTING THE DAILY ALLOWANCE CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction In these modern years‚ many latest or most up-to-date items‚ especially fashion trends‚ are continuous of entering the society‚ just like accessories‚ clothes and shoes and even different styles of hair‚ and people as we observed employed or engaged of spending money just for this.
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Amanda Lopez March 15‚ 2014 Case Study #1 - Zara Zara is known for its stylish designs‚ many with a resemblance to the offerings of famous Italian fashion houses and all moderately priced. Despite this very recent popularity‚ the novel business model of Zara has gone virtually unnoticed for over 30 years‚ allowing Zara’s parent company‚ Inditex‚ to grow from zero to almost $20B in revenues. Zara was founded in 1975 and its parent company‚ the Inditex group went public in 2001. Within
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CAMBRIDGE SOFTWARE CORPORATION Cambridge Software Corporation is about to decide whether to offer multiple versions of Modeler‚ a new Lotus-1‚ 2‚ 3 compatible modeling software product. Software Market Research Group cooperating with Modeler Project team identified five segments as large‚ multidivisional corporations; corporate R&D and universities labs; consultant and professional companies; small businesses; and students. CSC has identified three versions to serve these segments. These versions
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Test 1 LISTENING SECTION 1 Questions 1-10 Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. SECTION2 Question 11-20 Questions 11-16 Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. Questions 17 and 18 Choose the correct letter‚ A‚ B‚ or C. 17 A champion athlete will be in the shop A on Saturday morning only B all day Saturday C for the whole weekend 18 The first person to answer 20
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Pitoy Moreno - Jose "Pitoy" Moreno is the best-known Filipino fashion designer. Moreno is internationally recognized as the "Fashion Czar of Asia".[citation needed] A former student at the University of the Philippines‚ where he joined the Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity‚ Moreno is one of the earliest advocates of the Maria Clara gown. Moreno was the president of the Philippine Couture Association‚ the very first association of fashion designers in Manila‚ Philippines. Moreno was the costume designer
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SCANDINAVIAN MODERNE: 1900 - 1960 Many countries have played a decisive role in the course of modernist design‚ the lead continously changing hands in a forward march from past to present to future. The new brash art movements and styles erupting at the turn of the century became increasingly international in scope‚ enriched by the unique offerings of each nation. Sharing little commonality of purpose‚ they contributed to the progression of form and function in their own way depending on
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a “Intertextualities and Contradictions in Cambridge” In Cambridge by Caryl Phillips‚ the history of the slave trade is exposed through different points of view or narratives‚ one by an Englishwoman and another by a slave called Cambridge. Phillips wants the reader to understand how European merchants treated the slaves and make a connection to what they went through. Evelyn O’Callaghan is one of the editors of the Journal of West Indian Literature. She had many interests like contemporary West
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