Inditex is one of the world’s largest fashion retailers‚ welcoming shoppers at its eight store formats -Zara‚ Pull & Bear‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ Oysho‚ Zara Home and Uterqüe - boasting 6.104 stores in 86 markets. The Inditex Group is made up of more than 100 companies operating in textile design‚ manufacturing and distribution. The group’s success and its unique business model‚ based on innovation and flexibility‚ have made Inditex one of the biggest fashion retailers in the
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implication of Gateway’s decision to offer fewer configurations ? Zara : Apparel Manufacturing and Retail 1. What advantage does Zara gain against the competition by having a very responsive supply chain ? 2. Why has Inditex chosen to have both in-house manufacturing and outsourced manufacturing ? Why has Inditex maintained manufacturing capacity in Europe even though manufacturing in Asia is much cheaper ? 3. Why does Zara source products with
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Street Ozone Park‚ NY‚ 11417 (718) 213-28616 alexis.yecora@me.com February 26‚ 2013 Mrs. Lilly O’Connor Customer Service Manager Zara Corporate Office Headquarters 500 Fifth Avenue‚ Suite 400 New York‚ NY‚ 10110 Dear Mrs. O’Connor: Please credit my Visa account to correct an invalid charge of $291.73. On February 18‚ 2013‚ I bought through your Zara USA website two of the woman shoes. I purchased in size 6 both the Electric Blue wedge sneakers and the brown Studded Strappy sandals
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Zara also boasts impressive financial figures. Profits at Inditex SA‚ the owner of the Zara retail chain‚ have jumped 64% in the first quarter of 2010‚ while the company’s stock has risen 43% in the past 12 months. Zara‚ now present in 77 countries‚ also recently launched online operations in 85 countries encouraged by the two million people who have downloaded Zara’s smartphone application in the first six months after its launch (Bjork 2010). 5 flexibility princeples on which zara
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Títol : Zara and Benetton: Comparison of two business models Volum: I de I Alumne:Amalia Paola Palladino Director/Ponent:Jose M. Cabré Garcia Departament:Organización de Empresas (OE) Data: 28 Junio 2010 Data:28 June 2010 DADES DEL PROJECTE Títol del Projecte: Zara and Benetton : Comparison of two business models Nom de l ’estudiant:Amalia Paola Palladino Titulació:Ingenieria Superior Infomatica Crèdits:37‚5 Director/Ponent: Jose M. Cabré Garcia Departament:Organizazión de empresas
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the apparel industry? What it means for a company like Zara? Traditionally‚ national retailers outsource apparel production‚ via global brokers‚ to thousands of small apparel makers. Globalization created options for countries and companies in the apparel industry. Improving technology‚ sourcing‚ and production systems let innovative apparel makers compress cycle time. Shortening process time increases efficiencies and boosts profits. Zara applied its innovative strategy to reset the standards
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oriented on people who not willing to spend a lot of money however in love with fashion and instead of selling them two standard collections per year making them come back to shop and buy clothes every two weeks as collection changes and rarely repeated. Zara‚ H&M and Benetton are three of the most major fast fashion brands‚ however some of their steps from the “supplier of raw materials to the end-customer” in this case these steps are designing‚ manufacturing‚ distribution and retailing not always
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Co-operation Contracts of employment An employment contract is a written legal document that lays out binding terms and conditions of employment between an employee and an employer. The employers in ZARA need to makw sure that their employees are aware of what rights and responsibilities they have as workers in ZARA. This contract also includes: The salary rate that is going to be paid to the employees. When they will be getting their salaries What deductions are going to be made from their salaries
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different companies” (Riddalls et Al.‚ 2000) For this essay I have chosen two very different companies; Zara‚ a Spanish fashion collection manufacturing company‚ and Dell‚ American multinational information technologic corporation. Some years ago‚ in the fashion industry there was a relationship between price and quality. For high quality brands‚ there was a need to spend a high amount of money. Zara was one of the first companies that changed this assumption by introducing good quality clothes at a
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Amancio Ortega Gaona is the founder and current chairman of Inditex. He is also Spain ’s richest man. Inditex runs over 4500 stores worlwide for different brands: • Zara International (833 stores) • Pull and Bear (423) • Massimo Dutti (360) • Bershka (354) • Stradivarius (257) • Oysho (146) • Zara Home (105) • Lefties () In Romania‚ Inditex is in a continuous development and has at this time 37 stores in the most important cities of Romania . Most stores
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