Zara: The Technology Giant of the Fashion World Introduction The term “fast-fashion” has come to revolutionize the world of fashion; this business model has created frenzy among competing retailers attempting to capture market share in this ruthless industry. Zara is the clothing and accessories retailer seated atop the industry; Zara is the flagship specialty chain of Spain-based conglomerate Inditex consisting of 1495 stores. Based in Arteixo‚ Galicia‚ and founded in 1975 by Amancio
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accessories for women‚ men and children through its chains around the world. Zara is the largest and most internationalized of the six retailers that Inditex owns: (Zara‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Pull & Bear‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ and Oysho). Zara is one of the leading retail garments chain in Europe. Their main competitors are Gap and H&M‚ and together they form a group of speciality chains in the apparel industry. Zara has operated and adopted a different strategy as compared to Gap and H&M and the
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Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft PS - Unternehmensführung Term – Paper „Zara - Case Study“ WS 2012 Seminararbeitgruppe: Severin Springer Hans Kahofer Raphael M`Barek Antoine Eber Table of content 1. Case Introduction.........................................................................................................................1 1.1 Mission‚ Vision
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Fast fashion strategy 8 c Global distribution strategy 9 3.3.2 Strategy analysis 9 a Strategic Advantages 9 b Strategic Drawbacks 10 4.0 Recommendation 10 5.0 Conclusion 12 6.0 Reference 13 1.0 Introduction This report is about ZARA which is a global brand of clothing owned by the Inditex Group. It is the world’s third-clothing retailer‚ one of the world’s four major fashion chain (the other three are the United States of casual fashion giant GAP‚ the Swedish fashion giant H &
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3 Current & Future Macro- Environment of the Retail Industry 4-7 Zara’s current position within the competitive marketplace 8-10 Strategic options and recommendations for Zara 11-13 Bibliography
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Background Zara Zara is a chain of stores Belonging to the Spanish fashion group INDITEX founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona. It is the company ’s flagship chain and is represented in Europe‚ America‚ Africa and Asia with 1412 stores in 69 countries‚ 500 of them in Spain. During 2007 it opened 560 stores across the group. . It has three logistics centers‚ located in the main Arteixo‚ province of La Coruna (Spain)‚ where he opened the first store in 1975 and two in Zaragoza and Madrid. In 1975 he
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| | | | [STRATEGY OF ZARA & BURBERRY] | | TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………….1 STRATEGIES……………………………………………………………………..1 CONCLUSION: COMPARISON ZARA VS BURBERRY…………….4 REFERENCES.……………………………………………………………………5 Introduction ABOUT ZARA… Zara started operations in Spain in 1975‚ and now operates in 74 countries worldwide. Zara is one of the largest international fashion companies and it is owned by INDITEX‚ one of the world’s largest distribution
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Zara: The Technology Giant of the Fashion World Synopsis Zara is a company that defines what the fashion industry has termed “fast fashion.” The flagship specialty chain of Spain-based clothing conglomerate‚ Inditex‚ Zara has built an information and distribution system that allows it to put the latest runway fashions in its stores in a matter of weeks at a fraction of what the big-name designers charge. In addition to fast‚ Zara is prolific. In a typical year‚ Zara launches about 11‚000
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Zara case study Business model Amancio Ortega Gaona‚ a Galicia native‚ opened the first Zara stores in La Coruna in 1975 and has begun international expansion ever since. Zara is a part of Inditex‚ which is one of the world’s largest fashion distributors. Zara is known for its fast respond to ever- changing fashion trends to satisfy customers’ needs. The purpose of this paper is to discuss issues and alternatives of Zara’s operating system. The three key success factors in Zara’s business are:
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Zara is a retailing chain of Inditexthat specializes in high-fashion at reasonable prices. In the last 12 months‚ Inditex’s stock price has increased by 50% despite bearish market conditions. The 50% increase is due to the investor expectations of Inditex’s growth. Inditex’s growth can be contributed to the decisions it has made in creating a vertically integrated centralized process. The centralization of its vertically integrated operations in Europe provided it with its competitive advantage;
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