company is headquartered in Stockholm‚ Sweden and employs approximately 87‚000 people on a full-time basis. This thesis focused on the strategic management of H&M company. The main research problem was to make an in-depth analysis of its marketing strategy and how to implement it. The main research method was a qualitative research by analyzing their company data‚ annual reports and making interviews with the manager‚ staffs and customers in Kuopio shop. The thesis starts with a general introduction
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Economic Book Value (EBV) Capital Calculation – Operating Approach | Fluid Milk | Cultured | Ice Cream | Industrial | International | Asset | | | | | | Operating Cash | 1045 | 174 | 364 | 1225 | 136 | Accounts Receivable | 12568 | 2095 | 4380 | 14737 | 1637 | Inventory | 30988 | 10587 | 52338 | 74198 | 5003 | Prepaid Expenses | 4932 | 1822 | 2718 | 6782 | 2642 | Income and other taxes receivable | 1267 | 0 | 1236 | 2244 | 647 | Total Current Asset | 50800 | 14678 |
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QUESTION 1 As completely as possible‚ sketch the supply chain for Zara from raw materials to consumer purchase. ANSWER ZARA’S SUPPLY CHAIN Description Zara makes about 40% of their raw material (fabric). The remaining 60% is outsourced from within Spain‚ mostly from the La Curuna. Designing of clothes at Zara is done by creative teams of over 300 professionals at the headquarters in La Curuna‚ Spain. They act on the information fed to them from the stores managers. The first stage in
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Zara Case Study Main Problems of the Company: Although it seems that the highly centralized distribution system that Inditex uses when it comes to Zara’s operations proves to be profitable and sustainable‚ in the long run in may lead to an impasse in several different directions for the clothing manufacturer. Sustainability of the Global Expansion: Although the centralized decision making reduces the whiplash effect on the overall supply chain‚ this strategy is not entirely without its drawbacks
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INDITEX: Fashion Forward ZARA‚ Spain’s most successful brand‚ is trying to go global Inditex‚ one of the world’s two biggest clothes makers‚ is going to go to the world. This article “Fashion forward”is related to chapter 9. There is a saying from the founder of Inditex‚ which is flogging fashion is like fishing‚ fresh fish like a freshly cut jacket in the latest color‚ sells quickly and at a high price. Yesterday’s catch must be discounted and may not sell at all. Depending on this insight
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Social environment: With the huge numbers of store (one more is opening in Sydney‚ Australia)‚ Zara has settled in many countries. Therefore‚ the firm must respect the culture of each kind of customers‚ wherever they are from. Zara must create clothes that fit to every kind of culture around the world. Moreover‚ Zara only employ people that live next to the store. By encouraging local employment‚ Zara helps the country to fight Unemployment. -The Legal environment: The great numbers of shops
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INTERNATIONALISATION OF SPANISH FASHION BRAND ZARA Carmen Lopez Ying Fan Brunel Business School Brunel University Uxbridge UB8 3PH England +44-1895-267239 Key Words Internationalisation‚ fashion retailing‚ market entry‚ branding‚ international marketing‚ Zara 1 INTERNATIONALISATION OF SPANISH FASHION BRAND ZARA ABSTRACT Purpose Research on the internationalisation of retailing has been mainly focused on market entry issues. This paper attempts to examine the internationalisation process
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1. What drove the sourcing decisions on the part of all three business organizations described in the case studies for this session? Business Reasons Behind Sourcing Decision Southwest Bank - outsourcing IT is a key enabler of the bank’s operational and management activities Expansion business into the Southwestern United State‚ Mexico and Latin American countries. Southwest is not able to run of a successful IT services organization Need outsourced IT organization to do hardware and software
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Introduction Zara is a fashion retailer established in 1975 by the Spanish group Inditex founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona. Inditex runs over more than 5400 stores worldwide and owns brands other than Zara such as Massimo Dutti‚ Breshka‚ Oysho‚ Pull and Bear and Stradivarius. Inditex headquarters
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information 2 Competitors 3 Target consumers 3 Positioning - the story told by the brand 4 More than just clothes 5 Position from a value chain point of view 6 The consequences on range development 6 Part 2: The Sourcing plan 6 Sourcing Location 6 Continuity product 7 Seasonal product 7 Short-Seasonal product 8 Supplier Relationships 8 Continuity product 8 Seasonal product 9 Short-Seasonal product 10 Production Activity Control 10
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