Technology (IT) play in enabling Zara’s counter-intuitive strategy quite opposite to this conventional wisdom? Could the firm have executed its strategy without the help of IT? Why or why not? Answer: IT plays an important role in the success of Zara. It is crucial in the processes of: "DATA GATHERING"‚ "DESIGN" AND "MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS" Zara’s store managers lead the intelligence-gathering effort that ultimately determines what ends up on each store’s racks. Armed WITH PERSONAL DIGITAL
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CHAPTER Marketing Channels Delivering 12 Customer Value PRE VIEWING We now arrive at the third marketing mix tool—distribution. Firms rarely work alone in creating value for customers and building profitable customer relationships. Instead‚ most THE CONCEPTS are only a single link in a larger supply chain and marketing channel. As such‚ an individual firm’s success depends not only on how well it performs but also on how well its entire marketing channel competes with competitors’ channels
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Marketing Mix The marketing mix is primarily made up of four variables‚ and they are product‚ place‚ price‚ and promotion. The marketing mix is often described as a method used in developing a viable marketing strategy‚ with each ingredient being used different ways and at different times based on the product or service one is trying to market (QuickMBA‚ 2007). In order for a company to achieve its goals‚ the company must have a strategy that mixes the correct elements of marketing. The term Marketing
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Zara case 1. What underpins the success of Zara in its chosen markets? Through analyzing this case‚ it obviously demonstrated that it has own successful supply chain. It shows on five performance objectives which refer to speed‚ quality‚ flexibility‚ dependability‚ costs. Firstly‚ it performed on the speed of Zara’s supply chain‚ Zara “has over 650 Zara stores in 50 countries” and rapidly changed fashion trend so that it seemingly difficult to deliver products to stores. However‚ Zara just
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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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RETAIL IN APPAREL INDUSTRY By: Ghousia Islam Madhuri Jain Dugar Neha Agrawal Piyushi Sanghai Riya Jain MMA 2ND Semester : What is Retailing ? Retailing is a set of business activities that adds value to the products & services sold to the consumers for their personnel or family use. India Stats in 2011 : Indian retail business valued at around US$ 550 billion in 2011 A report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has revealed that the country ’s organised retail is estimated
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Reference Article from www.thirdeyesight.in T HIRD EYESIGHT © D evangshu Dutta‚ 2002 retail @ the speed of fashion By Devangshu Dutta The middle-aged mother buys clothes at the Zara chain because they are cheap‚ while her daughter aged in the mid-20s buys Zara clothing because it is fashionable. Clearly‚ Zara is riding two of the winning retail trends - being in fashion and low prices - and making a very effective combination out of it. Much talked about‚ especially since
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Developing Sustainable Competitive Advantages: 1. Customer Loyalty: Customers must be committed to buying merchandise and services from a particular retailer. This can be accomplished through retail branding‚ positioning‚ and loyalty programs. A loyalty program is like a "Target card." Now‚ when the customer uses the card as a credit card‚ Target can track all of their transactions and store it in their data warehouse‚ which keeps track of the customer’s needs and wants outside of Target. This will
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ABSTRACT Retail Management has become a very challenging job as the organisations are to face a rapidly changing socio-economic environment and to face stiff competition due to globalisation. Many universities in India have included retail management as a subject of study in the fields of Commerce at various levels. Retail Management is universally relevant. The commerce curriculum is incomplete without a paper on retail management. Important retail management concepts have been explained
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Company Overview Zara is one of the largest and the most internationalized retailers that Inditex Group owns. Inditex Group is based in Spain‚ which is a global specialty retailer that designs‚ manufactures‚ and sells apparel‚ footwear‚ and accessories for women‚ men and children around the world. Zara’s history The founder of Zara‚ Amancio Ortega‚ opened the first Zara store in 1975 in a central street in La Caruña‚ Spain. It was first featured as low-priced look-alike products of popular‚ higher-end
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