licensees ran its stores. To prove Zara has the prospect of sustainable growth in the international apparel market‚ it is important to understand and compare the financial differences of Inditex‚ its parent company‚ and its major competitor. The most interesting of Zara’s competitors for comparison is Hennes and Mauritz (H&M)‚ who as the case study states‚ “was considered Inditex’s closest competitor‚ [with] a number of key differences”. H&M differs from Zara because they outsource all of their
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Project: Observational study of Visual Merchandising for 2 selected brands Location :Phoenix Market City Submitted By Shweta Narkar – 30 Under the Guidance Of Prof. Vrushali Index Topic | Page No. | Pantaloons‚ Bare Denim | 3 | Questionnaire | 4 | Learnings | 5 | Reliance Mart‚ PepsiCo | 6 | Questionnaire | 7 | Learnings | 9 | Difference in Visual Merchandising | 10 | Bibliography | 10 | Store: Pantaloons Department: Apparels Brand: Bare Denim As India’s
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Zara - IT for Fast Fashion Management Information Systems EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The objective of this document is to discuss the issue of Inditex’s DOS-base IT infrastructure and how it affects Zara’s performance. Inditex is concerned about its IT infrastructure being antiquated and the possibility that hardware vendors will upgrade their machines leaving them incompatible with DOS. Because Zara’s core business model is vertically integrated‚ it could specialize in speed and efficiency and
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Task 1 zara marketing research Zara is a spanish chain store in Inditex group‚ one of the worlds biggest retail store in the world who are also owners of zara home. Zara is a fast industry bt its unique business model is based on innovation and flexibilty. they design and distribute a garment to the market in just 15 days. they always have new products but in limited supply. the customer feels there is an ’exclusitivity ’‚ since only a few items are on display even though stores are planned
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STORE DESIGN AND VISUAL MERCHANDISING BY TULIKA ANAND (Retail roll no 1) RADHIKA BIYANI (Retail roll no 4) 1. INTRODUCTION For many years‚ businesses have tried to sell their products to buyers with limited merchandise options. It did not matter how the merchandise was displayed‚ how the store looked‚ or whether the sellers were polite. Just having merchandise available very often guaranteed a sale. Not any more though. Nowadays with an increase in the number of
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ZARA: Fast Fashion The Spanish retail chain Zara has unique supply chain management practices that enable it to gain a competitive advantage over other fashion retailers in the industry. Zara’s rapid response time enables the firm to quickly respond to changing fashions while deliberately under producing products. This strategy‚ which is supported by competencies in logistic management‚ design and information systems‚ allows the company to maintain less inventory and higher profit margins and is
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY‚ JODHPUR Application of Category Management Principles in ZARA Submitted To:- Mr. Sanjay Kumar Submitted By:- Mr. Ritesh Malpani IInd Semnester MFM Introduction:- Category management is a retailing and purchasing concept in which the range of products purchased by a business organization or sold by a retailer is broken down into discrete groups of similar or related products; these groups are known as product categories (examples of
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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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recommendations for Zara 11-13 Bibliography 14 Appendix 15-29 Introduction It can be found that the fashion retail of Zara is the flagship brand
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Running Head: PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE THE IT/IS STRATEGY AT ZARA Proposal to Improve the IT/IS Strategy at ZARA Be future ready!!! Oct. 3‚ 2011 Executive Summary To grow at the same pace in the fast changing fashion industry‚ Zara should use advanced IT/IS systems as an enabler to improve the overall business process. Zara is facing a challenge today by using obsolete technology. Also due to a number of internally developed applications‚ there is no clear picture of the entire sales or inventory
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