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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Zara International was a retail shop originated in La Coruna‚ Spain in 1975. It was clothing and accessories shop and imitated the latest fashion trends and sold them at a lower cost. It became Zara International after entering Portugal in 1988 and then the United States and France in the 1990s. The distributor for this brand is Inditex and is considered the most successful retail chain in the world. Zara has a business strategy that is very different from the retailers nowadays. If a customer orders
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Price strategy -> low prices‚ high fashion. Physiological prices. Designer -> much attention. Discount -> student discount. ZARA Price ZARA offers fashion at reasonable prices by following the most up to date fashion trends. ZARA has clothes that are fresh of the runway but they sell it for an affordable price. ZARA uses also physiological prices just like H&M. ZARA is more expensive than H&M but the quality of the clothes are also better. They do not use discounts. But when the clothes are old
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Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION 3 II. MARKET STRATEGY 4 A. Product 5 B. Price 5 C. Place 5 D. Process 5 E. People 6 F. Physical evidence 6 G. Promotion 6 III. ENVIRONMENT 7 A. Macroenviroment 7 B. Microenvironment 8 IV. CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR 9 V. MARKET TARGETING & POSITIONING 10 A. Segmentation 10 B. Target market 12 C. Market positioning 12 VI. CONCLUSION 13 VII. References 14 INTRODUCTION This report aims to
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Case: “Zara: IT for Fast Fashion” Student ID: U00235538 Issue Zara‚ the flagship chain of Spanish based holding company Inditex‚ has grown to great prominence in the international retail fashion industry. It has done so by advantage in recognizing and responding to changing fashion. Recognizing and quickly responding to the changes in fashion trends is largely achieved through a collaborative system of store managers and mid-management level commercials. The exponential growth of Zara
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Analysis of Issues The company Zara uses resources that are to fully utilize the labor regardless of the process-making which contains harmful substances in the production of goods. The stakeholder however has the power to stop the unethical incidents including making an event for the prevention of harm towards the customers. The company concerns about cost saving and efficiency to be made in Taiwan however could cause harm that endanger the wearer and unethical issues. Customers are warned to
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What is Zara value proposition to customers? How is Zara’s Supply Chain helping this value proposition? Zara is able to sell fashionable clothing to consumers. It can quickly respond to consumer trends and bring garments to market that follow trends in the local market. This concept of “fast fashion” allows trends to move from catwalk/conception to retail location quickly‚ in some instances in just a few weeks. It also affords these fashionable items at reasonable prices. Consumers therefore look
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competitors‚ Zara’s supply chain is quite unconventional. Instead of focusing on competitive product prices and advertising Zara has developed a super integrated supply chain paralleled by few (1). This supply chain allows it to rapidly respond to market demand and have extensive control over its design and production process (1). Inditex‚ the clothing company that owns Zara is extremely vertically integrated. It is comprised of over 100 design‚ manufacturing‚ and distribution companies (3). Contrary
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Zara Fast Fashion Case Study 1- What’s behind Zara success? Zara success comes not only from adapting the latest to the latest trend in fashion through what they sell‚ it’s mostly from how fast they deliver their cutting edge fashion and the most current trend to eagerly awaiting customers ahead of all the competitors through their fast distribution system. Zara can take new fashion concept through design‚ manufacturing and store shelf-placement in as little as 2 weeks whereas competitors take
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Ikea Global Sourcing Case Study Ama Achiaw Business Strategy Executive Summary IKEA is being forced to make a difficult decision after a German documentary maker announced the prevalence of children working at looms at Rangan Exports‚ a major supplier of the furniture company. Rangan Exports breached a supply contract with IKEA by allowing child labor in their factory. In previous years‚ IKEA has encountered problems with child labor and has worked diligently to educate themselves and respond
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