MGMT 6620: Operations & SCM HBS Case Study Zara: IT for Fast Fashion 4/9/2013 1. What is the Zara “business model”? What weaknesses‚ if any‚ do you seen in this business model? The value propositions offered by Zara to its main customers who are young‚ fashion conscious city-dwellers is offering new styles within the time-frame of several weeks as well as providing assortment of choices for customers and the uniqueness of clothing styles fitting individual customer needs. To achieve
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Europe‚ Zara enjoyed an impressive compound annual growth of 26% from 1995 to 2000. Zara was an exceptional in the downturn market and created a standard for apparel industry. Zara’s target customers were fashion- oriented young and middle age women and men‚ who came from middle to upper classes and had a rapidly changing style. To meet the needs and wants of this customer segment‚ Zara built its strengths to enhance its core competitive advantages: Strengths and Weaknesses of Zara‚ and the
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Five-Forces Model‚ the strategic management process‚ the components of the marketing mix‚ and law and ethics. Table of Contents Course Objectives Course Objectives: CO 1. Integrate Porter’s Five-Forces Model into developing a solid global strategy. CO 2. Assess and integrate business functions and processes in an organization CO 3. Formulate the essential components of the strategic management process. CO 4. Assess target markets and forecast the components of the marketing mix. CO 5.
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ZARA: IT For Fast Fashion 1. Is Zara’s business model scalable ? No‚ Zara’s business model is not scalable Reasons: • • • • Though Zara is able to do well in a dynamic market‚ most of the sales of Zara come from Spain (46%) and from women’s segment (73.3%). Hence it becomes very difficult for Zara to scale it up to other countries and other segments. Zara follows decentralized model where store managers have lot a of power – It is very difficult to find such efficient people once we they scale
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orry‚ Zara. Gap’s Got Game. by Liz Gunnison Aug 12 2008 The Spanish company eclipses Gap as the world’s biggest specialty retailer‚ but on closer inspection... A Zara store in China. The chain’s owner‚ Inditex‚ surpassed Gap Inc. as the world’s biggest specialty retailer in the second quarter. But the lead may already have vanished. Image: epa/Corbis Based on first-quarter results‚ Zara International of Spain has closed the gap on Gap Inc.‚ becoming the world’s largest fashion retailer by
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growing dramatically in importance and sophistication. In the next chapter‚ we’ll look more closely at two major channel intermediaries—retailers and wholesalers. We’ll start with a look at a company whose groundbreaking‚ customer-centred distribution strategy took it to the top of its industry. Q uick‚ which rental-car company is number one? Chances are good that you said Hertz. Okay‚ who’s number two? That must be Avis‚ you say. After all‚ for years Avis advertising has said‚ “We’re #2‚ so we try
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Forces of Porter 6 A. Threat of new entry 6 B. Bargaining power of suppliers 8 C. Bargaining power of buyers 8 D. Threat of substitute products/services 9 E. Intensity of rivalry among competitor 10 III. Company analysis 11 A. H&M 11 1. H&M Vision‚ Values‚ Goal and Strategy 11 2. H&M’s internationalization process 11 3. H&M’s organizational structure 12 4. H&M’s Global Role 13 B. SWOT Analysis 14 1. H&M in Japan 14 2. ZARA in Japan
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views on operations strategy‚ please analyze how 7 Days Inn obtains competitive advantages by determining the portfolio of services through the vertical cutting approach. The traditional situation in hotel industry is that‚ the more you pay‚ the higher quality you get. But actually‚ most of the businessman just needs a comfortable bed and a hot water in bath. The vertical cutting approaches make this available and the price is lower than the traditional hotel. With this strategy‚ 7 Days Inn obtains
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Zara Case Write-Up Zara was founded in 1963‚ by Amancio Ortega Goana. He started the company because he wanted to improve the manufacturing and retail aspects of fashion and to reduce the cost of the apparel chain. He opened the first stores in Spain‚ and slowly over the decades started to expand to different countries. Zara headquarters is in Arteixo‚ Spain‚ with their distribution center close by. Inditex‚ the holding company that owns Zara‚ has a business model‚ which states‚ “Global specialty
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Infor CRM (Customer Relationship Management) Create growth and loyalty through continuous customer dialogue. Leading customer-focused companies view every customer interaction as an opportunity to make a new offer‚ improve retention‚ increase revenue‚ build loyalty‚ or strengthen their brand. Infor CRM (Customer Relationship Management) helps companies optimize customer relationships by integrating marketing‚ sales‚ and service. By providing a full 360-degree view of customers‚ the system
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