Zara has thrived by employing a vertical supply chain. This chain has developed a strategy that has led Zara to create a fashion empire. In 2008‚ Zara had over 1520 stores and produced €6‚8 billion in sales. The supply chain is depicted in figure 1. The chain starts at the headquarters were the designers produce nearly 30‚00 different designs per year. Typical competeitors produce about 2000-4000. Zara employs a quick response system (discussed later) in wich informnation about trends‚ store
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Schmidt‚ Julius Liebrecht‚ Djaky Agbadou‚ Nathalie Garro In-Class Case Study: 1 Introduction: Background Information 1.1 Company overview The firm Zara is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer based in Galicia‚ northern Spain. In 1975‚ founder Amancio Ortega opened the first store in La Coruna‚ Spain. Zara is the flagship chain store of the Inditex group (Industria de Diseno Textil)‚ encompassing many self-designed different fashion styles from daily clothing to formal suits
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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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Continue Growth for Zara and Inditex Jacki DiSanto Cleveland State University Inditex ensure “fast fashion” is truly fast is logistics. Inditex makes two-thirds of its goods in Spain and nearby countries such as Portugal‚ Morocco and Turkey. The higher labor costs are offset by the flexibility of having production close to its warehouses and distribution centers‚ which are all in Spain. This saves on transportation with faster delivery times. The CEO Pablo Isla also installed a system that monitors sales
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Significant local variation in customers’ attributes and preferences was an issue not only between regions but also within regions. ZARA’S BUSINESS MODEL We mainly analyzed Zara to recommend on Inditex’s strategy since it was the flagship of Inditex and the generator of a huge percentage of financial results by itself. Zara used needs-based positioning‚ targeting a specific segment of customers and providing a tailored set of activities that can serve those needs best‚ in developing its business
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for functions of management in your organization . Profile Zara is one of the largest international fashion companies. It belongs to Inditex‚ one of the world’s largest distribution groups. Zara welcomes shoppers in 86 countries to its network of 1.770 stores in upscale locations in the world’s largest cities. The retailer’s international footprint proves that national borders are no hindrance to a shared fashion culture. Zara is in tune with its customers‚ who help it give shape to the ideas
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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 Zara’s production system is cutting of fabric
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