CHAPTER 2 CASE STUDY Zara International: Fashion at the Speed of Light At the announcement of her engagement to Spain's Crown Prince Felipe, Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano wore a chic white trouser suit; within a few weeks, hundreds of European women sported the same look. Welcome to fast fashion, a trend that sees clothing retailers frequently purchasing small quantities of merchandise to stay on top of emerging trends. In this world of “hot today, gauche tomorrow,” no company does fast fashion better
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Zara: Fast Fashion Case Study IEOR 153 Logistics Network Design and Supply Chain Management Niko Katigbak Regine Labog Kevin Leung Ruoyun Li Miranda Ortiz Michelle Papilla Spring 2011 Professor Kaminsky UC Berkeley I. Background Inditex, founded by Amancio Ortega, operates six different chains: Zara, Massimo Dutti, Pull&Bear, Bershka, Stradivarius, and Oysho. Since 2006 when the case was written, Inditex has added Zara Home and Uterque to its collection.1 The retail chains
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310 I 28 Apr 2011 WK 5 Zara Case Study 1. As completely as possible, explain the supply chain for Zara -- from raw materials to consumer purchase. 5 pts. Zara makes 40% of its own fabrics and produces more than half of its own clothes. Work that has to be contracted out is done by local companies to maximize time efficiency. Zara stocks all raw materials/ fabric, cuts its own fabric and contracts the sewing to local companies. By stocking the raw material, Zara cuts down on time for getting
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89 Global Marketing Management 0372 Zara: Fast Fashion Case Analysis GMM Group F: Alexandra Botescu, Ana Sabau, Felicia Postica, Mila Kostadinova, Georgi Krastev, Raisa Nazarova 08-Nov-11 Zara: Fast Fashion Table of Contents Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 1 1. 2. Problem statement................................................................................
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9-703-497 REV: DECEMBER 21, 2006 PANKAJ GHEMAWAT JOSÉ LUIS NUENO ZARA: Fast Fashion Fashion is the imitation of a given example and satisfies the demand for social adaptation. . . . The more an article becomes subject to rapid changes of fashion, the greater the demand for cheap products of its kind. — Georg Simmel, “Fashion” (1904) Inditex (Industria de Diseño Textil) of Spain, the owner of Zara and five other apparel retailing chains, continued a trajectory of rapid, profitable growth by
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Drawing on the Resource Based View literature, evaluate whether and how Zara generates sustainable competitive advantage. A firm is said to have competitive advantage when its profits exceed the average of its industry and that of its rivals (Grant, 1991). According to Grant (1991) the RBV sees organizations as a collection of resources which when combined forms organizational capabilities. The goal of every business strategy is to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. According to Collis
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9-703-497 REV: DECEMBER 21, 2006 PANKAJ GHEMAWAT JOSÉ LUIS NUENO ZARA: Fast Fashion Fashion is the imitation of a given example and satisfies the demand for social adaptation. . . . The more an article becomes subject to rapid changes of fashion, the greater the demand for cheap products of its kind. — Georg Simmel, “Fashion” (1904) Inditex (Industria de Diseño Textil) of Spain, the owner of Zara and five other apparel retailing chains, continued a trajectory of rapid, profitable growth by
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The market analysis of ZARA ______________________________________________ Student Name: Xia Tang Student Number:139151583 Tutor: Steve Storey Module Leader: Sudipta Das Word Count:4005 Date of submission: 16th June 2014 Contents Introduction of ZARA 1 1 Dynamics and trends within the marketing environment of ZARA. 1 1.1 Introduction of marketing environment 2 1.2 Macroenvironment-----PESTLE analysis of ZARA 2 1.3 Microenvironment analysis of ZARA 4 1.4 Poter’s three
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Awesome Group name: Fantastic Four Group Members: Alice Wang (439394) Xiaolan Li (437239) Dian Pertiwi Sulistianingtyas (439376) Janosch Kluen (358959) Brand: ZARA Date: 29/09/2015 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. An ideal Brand Concept Map 3 3. Methodology 5 3.1 Consistency of interview and Sample analysis 5 3.2 Procedure 7 4. Brand Management Plan 10 4.1 Actual versus Ideal Brand Map
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| | | | | Small | | | | Zara adopts differentiation strategy to have a competitive advantage over the other major players in the industry. The differentiation strategy involves production of product or services, which is unique throughout the industry and because of its uniqueness the customers are willing to pay more for it. The uniqueness may be in terms of design, brand image, technology or customer service. In case of Zara, it is the fast fashion philosophy adopted by the company.
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