MGMT 6620: Operations & SCM HBS Case Study Zara: IT for Fast Fashion 4/9/2013 1. What is the Zara “business model”? What weaknesses‚ if any‚ do you seen in this business model? The value propositions offered by Zara to its main customers who are young‚ fashion conscious city-dwellers is offering new styles within the time-frame of several weeks as well as providing assortment of choices for customers and the uniqueness of clothing styles fitting individual customer needs. To achieve
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production of goods and services‚ and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. It is the management of resources‚ the distribution of goods and services to customers‚ and the analysis of queue systems. Pricing is one of the four p ’s of the marketing mix The effective price is the price the company receives after accounting for discounts‚ promotions‚ and other incentives. Price lining is the use of a limited number of prices for all your product offerings
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Europe‚ Zara enjoyed an impressive compound annual growth of 26% from 1995 to 2000. Zara was an exceptional in the downturn market and created a standard for apparel industry. Zara’s target customers were fashion- oriented young and middle age women and men‚ who came from middle to upper classes and had a rapidly changing style. To meet the needs and wants of this customer segment‚ Zara built its strengths to enhance its core competitive advantages: Strengths and Weaknesses of Zara‚ and the
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ZARA: IT For Fast Fashion 1. Is Zara’s business model scalable ? No‚ Zara’s business model is not scalable Reasons: • • • • Though Zara is able to do well in a dynamic market‚ most of the sales of Zara come from Spain (46%) and from women’s segment (73.3%). Hence it becomes very difficult for Zara to scale it up to other countries and other segments. Zara follows decentralized model where store managers have lot a of power – It is very difficult to find such efficient people once we they scale
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Explain the data collected by Zara to predict the trend. What makes the middle aged mother to buy cloths in Zara while the daughter aged in mid 20s buys Zara clothing? Because it is fashion able and up to trend. By collecting data and focusing on shorter response times‚ the company ensures that its stores are able to carry clothes that the consumers want at that time. Zara can move from identifying a trend to having clothes in its stores within 30 days. That means Zara can quickly and catch a winning
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=((90-52)/52)/((50-75) /75)= -2.19‚ |Ed| is larger than 1. It means that consumers are really sensitive to price changes. In this condition‚ the market was highly price sensitive and a low price stimulates market growth. So it could set price by market-penetration pricing. Bennett hoped to earn a return of 15% on the selling price. 1. If he set the price according to Sanyo’s landed price‚ then the price could be $309. 2. If he set the price based on the school’s revenue‚ then the price could be: 90% students used
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orry‚ Zara. Gap’s Got Game. by Liz Gunnison Aug 12 2008 The Spanish company eclipses Gap as the world’s biggest specialty retailer‚ but on closer inspection... A Zara store in China. The chain’s owner‚ Inditex‚ surpassed Gap Inc. as the world’s biggest specialty retailer in the second quarter. But the lead may already have vanished. Image: epa/Corbis Based on first-quarter results‚ Zara International of Spain has closed the gap on Gap Inc.‚ becoming the world’s largest fashion retailer by
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Transfer Pricing Question 1) BADM4280 Paper Ltd. is a division of GH Inc. BADM4280 Paper Ltd. produces paper and sells it to a number of companies‚ as well as to GH Inc. who uses it in their textbook division. Recently‚ the vice president of marketing for GH Inc. approached BADM4280 Paper Ltd. with a request to make 20‚000 units of a special paper product. The following information is available regarding the BADM4280 Paper division: Selling price of regular paper per unit $80
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When and how did i-mode create new buyer utilities? What is „i-mode´s business model?” The new service as „i-mode” start on 22 February 1999. Initially 67 content providers participated in the new service‚ with sites ranging from banking to Karaoke. Thanks to „i- mode” always and everywhere we can use from informative services‚ the universal bank services‚ stock quotations‚ reservation of tickets. Telephone is guide after cinemas restaurants‚ clubs etc. However the largest popularity have
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DATA P 20 Q 2.000 R 40.000 VC 16.000 VCu = 8 FC 20.000 Q1) P/P = +20% P = +20%*20 = +4 The formula to compute Iso-Contribution change in sales volume is the following: Q = -25%*2.000 = -500 The maximum sales loss that the company can incur without hurting profits is of 500 units or -25%. Actual Change in Sales Change in Contribution = Change in Profit (%) (Units) ($) ($) 0‚0% 0 8000 8.000 -10‚0% -200 4800 4.800 -20‚0% -400 1600 1
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