Mary Rose Batoon Fashion Retail Branding and Promotion Professor Dena Strong March 3‚ 2015 Zara 1. What are the Main Challenges in the business model adopted by Zara? Based on weaknesses and threats on Zara SWOT analysis‚ the main challenges they are facing today are the high dependence on European Markets‚ Intense completion in the retail market‚ Rising labor wages‚ especially in Europe‚ and the risk of foreign exchange fluctuations. Others also include the problems faced by management in the organization
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Introduction Zara has established itself successfully over the course of five years since the opening of its first retail store in Spain in 1975. We must now consider further opportunities of growth with a sole purpose of gaining further international recognition in order to maintain our mark as a top leader in the retail industry amidst the competition of the fashion industry. Across the region in Asia‚ Europe and Middle East‚ my choice of Zara’s next expansion to branch into is Hong Kong. This
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and countries)‚ store presentation and retail image. And in 2008‚ the percentage of the growth in sales compared to 2007 is 9%‚ it means that Zara has been successful by meeting the ‘risk of cannibalization’. Compare with the other competitors‚ Inditex has some advantages. For example‚ the first one is the repeat visits. An average high-street store in Spain expects customers to visit 3 times a year‚ but that figure will be up to 17 times for Zara. And Zara can offer considerably more products than
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Case # 4 – Zara Zara is the flagship company of Inditex‚ an international clothing retailer. Zara began its business as a small retail store in Spain founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona in 1975. In the following decades Zara has grown to nearly 450 store location in 29 countries by the year 2000. Zara consistently accounts for more than 80% of Inditex’s net sales as indicated by Figure 1; linking the success of Inditex to the success of the strategies of Zara. Figure 1 Inditex Net Sales by Concept
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Rosa: Most important facts Rot: References http://fashionista.com/2011/08/zaras-brazilian-factories-accused-of-child-labor-and-unfair-working-conditions/ Zara’s Brazilian Factories Accused of Child Labor and Unfair Labor Practices By LEAH CHERNIKOFF Thursday‚ Aug 18‚ 2011 / 12:34 PM Photos: Reporter Brasil An investigative report out of Brazil has found that Zara‘s Brazilian suppliers contracted with factories which subjected workers to hazardous “slave-like” working conditions
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products are shipped twice a week allowing constant changes in style selection. Customers enjoy coming to Zara because each time they shop‚ they find new clothes‚ shoes and accessories. This intrigues them and‚ as a result‚ prompts them to visit Zara’s stores more often than its competitors’. By constantly introducing new‚ low-price items‚ Zara entices new and existing clients to return to Zara regardless of sales. Such a business model increases customer satisfaction as well as company profits
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Recommendations The best way for Zara to maintain their sustainable growth is to seek new opportunities in the apparel market. With changing consumer behaviors as a result of globalization‚ and U.S. department stores suffering‚ there are growth options available for specialty retailers like Zara. Zara has the opportunity to be one of the trendiest/low priced retailers that America has seen recently. Zara should most likely develop a second central distribution center in the Americas to decrease
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Zara Zara varies in price‚ promotion‚ and positioning from some of its main competitors‚ H&M and Gap. Zara uses very little of its budget on promotion and marketing and relies more on its store windows to advertise its name to the public. Zara also places stores in busy areas and predominantly in more affluent areas in order to attract the most customers who will have the financial resources to purchase clothes from them. Zara’s store windows are designed to capture and entice customers and
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T.K.Maxx and Zara are very different retailers in the fashion industry. Whilst one offers low cost designer labels the other retails quality own-brand labelled clothes at a reasonable price. Zara sets itself apart from the giant market place by celebrating its motive to offer exactly what the customer wants‚ going to detective levels to make sure they understand their audience’s wishes. T.K.Maxx on the other-hand distinguishes itself by reducing prices of designer labels by up to 60%‚ and these are
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Case: Operations Strategy of Zara Question 1: Zara has a variety responsive supply chain. (a) Does it offer a competitive advantage‚ and (b) how does this affect supply chain design and performance? (a) Yes Zara’s responsive strategies improve the efficiency of information exchange in every level of supply chain; customers‚ store managers‚ designers and market specialists‚ production stuffs‚ subcontractors‚ buyers‚ warehouse managers‚ distributors‚ and so on. As a result of efficient exchange
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