ZARA vs. UNIQLO Team J: Bingbing Ge Lei Du Sophia Maduka Salman Syed Azim Thanadol Boonyaviwat Tanya Goel 1 Index Content Page Number Executive Summary………………………………………………………………... 4 Introduction………………………………………………………………………… 5 Industry Analysis……………………………………………………………………5 Competitive Environment……………………………………………….5 Strategic Groups………………………………………………………...6 ZARA………………………………………………………………………………
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7 * Strengths 7 * Weaknesses 9 * Opportunities 9 * Threats 10 Ethical behaviour and corporate social responsibility 11 Conclusion 12 Bibliography 13 Executive Summary H&M is a great company in many aspects. It may be Sweden’s most recognised company after IKEA. It all started with a small women clothing store outside of Stockholm and later grew to be the biggest clothing retail firm that one have yet seen. During this
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BENETTON S.W.O.T. ANALYSIS: STRENGHTS Benetton Group is considered a fully vertical integrated corporation. The company counts with a strong market position. It has a good reputation. Brand is recognized worldwide. It is a world leader in the design‚ manufacturing and marketing of distinctive casual apparel for man‚ women and children. Effective marketing strategy. The group has its own center of research and development: Fabrica. WEAKNESSES High cost structure. Products are overpriced
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International Expansion of a Multinational Company ---A Case Study of H&M Authors: Jun Li Maja Frydrychowska Abstract Date: Level: Authors: June 19‚ 2008 Master Thesis in International Business and Entrepreneurship‚ 15 credits Jun Li (1981-11-01)‚ China jli07001@student.mdh.se Maja Frydrychowska (1974-05-29)‚ Poland mfa07001@student.mdh.se Title: The International Expansion of a Multinational Company---A Case Study of H&M Leif Linnskog How did H&M go international and what factors did influence its expansion
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Report Assignment The H&M Business and Environmental Sustainability Table of content Introduction……………………………………………………..…….……p.3 Importance of Environmentalism……………………………………..…p.3 Concept of Environmentalism ….……………………………..…..p.3 Trend of Environmentalism………………………………..……….p.42.2.1Corporate Environmentalism………………………………...p.42.2.2Hong Kong Environmental Protection ……………………… p.4 Sustainability Information of H&M……………………………….………..p.5 H&M…………………………………………………………………p.5 Competitor
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the board of directors of H&M to develop a business manual. This manual has to contain all the required information for a new employee to find his way through the company. We had to do research after a lot of points which where needed for the assignment. We had to do research about: the financial part of the company ‚ HRM‚ products‚ information channels. The information we’ve found was put into words and included to the ‘’manual’’. Most of the information comes from the H&M website itself where all
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Mauritz (H&M) was first established in 1947 and have since expanded internationally and currently operate in 34 countries (H&M‚ 2009). As H&M continues to expand every year‚ the following report has chosen Australia as the new market‚ where analysis has been conducted to provide H&M with recommendations of which market entry method they should adopt and the threats and issues they must overcome to be able to succeed. 1.0 - Country Analysis – Australia For the purpose of this report H&M (Hennes
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Human Resources The Human Resource is a strategic partner to H&M’s business. They set standards for recruitment‚ implement training and support the development and growth of their entire organization. The human resource planning‚ the recruitment and the selection is one of the major human resource management responsibility. All to ensure their have the right people with the right skills in the right positions – and at the right time. H&M’s goal is to be a fair partner to their employees and to act
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Export Merchandising HENNES & MAURITZ (H&M): Hennes and Mauritz popularly known as H&M is a pioneering apparel retailer based in Sweden known for its cheap but chic fashion. H&M is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing clothing retailers. The company is also a pioneer of ―fast fashion‖: a term used to describe clothing collections which are based on the most recent fashion trends on the catwalk but which are designed and manufactured quickly‚ are affordable‚ and are aimed at mainstream
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H&M’s value chain: The value chain‚ made by Michael Porter‚ is really important to see how a company structure is created. The value chain is constituted by two parts: support activities (firm infrastructure‚ human resource management‚ technology development‚ procurement) and primary activities (inbound logistic‚ operations‚ outbound logistic‚ marketing and sales‚ service). (Johnson et al. 2011‚ p.97-99) Support activities: * Firm infrastructure: H&M is present in 44 markets in the
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