Zara: IT for Fast Fashion Case Supply Chain Management Module 1 Date: October 7th, 2009 Executive Summary My decision is to upgrade the POS terminals used by Zara to ensure the company is current with technology and compatible with the hardware vendor’s machines. January 1st 2004 is the scheduled date the POS terminals will be upgraded and running in all Zara stores around the world. The upgraded POS terminals will include more applications
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CASE STUDY ZARA: Staying Fast and Fresh In early 2011, despite a successful decade of continued growth, fashion retailer Zara’s CFO Miguel Díaz was anything but complacent. When asked about the future, Díaz responded: Challenges abound. At the pace stores are being added in the rest of the world, the inevitable question is whether we should open our first major distribution center outside Spain. Another concern is that the prices of raw materials and labor are not going down, in part
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CASE STUDY : Multinational Outsourcing and CSR. Inditex: The worldwide outsourcing garment industry and social community development in Morocco “Intermón claims that pressures on foreign clothing suppliers are smothering employees. […] In Morocco, where Cortefiel, Inditex (Zara), Mango and Induyco (El Corte Inglés) manufacture their products, a Tangier based textile factory sold a pair of slacks to large Spanish retailers for 3.3 euros three years ago; today, the same item sells for 2 euros
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PAPER ZARA Created By: Anggita Sulisetiasih 1006718706 Kenji Wibawa Junardy 1006718990 Patricia M. A. Adam 1006805694 International Undergraduate Program Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia Depok 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 4 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1. Company Background 4 1.2. Vision and Mission 4 1.3. Long-term Objectives 5 Chapter 2 6 VISION – MISSION ANALYSIS 6 2.1. Importance (Benefits) of Vision and Mission Statements 6
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PAPER ZARA Created By: Anggita Sulisetiasih 1006718706 Kenji Wibawa Junardy 1006718990 Patricia M. A. Adam 1006805694 International Undergraduate Program Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia Depok 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 4 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1. Company Background 4 1.2. Vision and Mission 4 1.3. Long-term Objectives 5 Chapter 2 6 VISION – MISSION ANALYSIS 6 2.1. Importance (Benefits) of Vision and Mission Statements 6
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Case study Zara 1. 1. ZARA is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer based in Arteixo, Galicia. Founded in 24 May ,1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera. Zara needs just two weeks to develop a new product and get it to stores, compared to the six-month industry average, and launches around 10,000 new designs each year. Zara was described by Louis Vuitton Fashion Director Daniel Piette as "possibly the most innovative and devastating retailer in the world. 1763 stores , 78 countries
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rP os t 9-604-081 REV: SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 ANDREW MCAFEE VINCENT DESSAIN ANDERS SJÖMAN Zara: IT for Fast Fashion On a beautiful August night in 2003, Xan Salgado Badás and Bruno Sánchez Ocampo settled into seats at their favorite tapas bar in the Spanish city of La Coruña, ordered pulpo gallego (octopus Galician style), and resumed their argument. Salgado was the head of IT for Inditex, a multinational clothing retailer and manufacturer headquartered in La Coruña (see Exhibit 1 for a map)
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European Planning Studies, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2002 RESEARCH BRIEFING The Fashion Industry in Galicia: Understanding the ‘Zara’ Phenomenon ARTURO REVILLA BONNIN ABSTRACT Galicia is traditionally one of the weaker regional economies in Spain. However it is home to one of the most successful global marketing phenomena of the age. Zara, the mid-market fashion arm of the Galician INDITEX Group, is amongst the ‘culprits’ that have been blamed for the demise from high street hegemony of such European retail
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Case: “Zara: IT for Fast Fashion” Issue Zara, the flagship chain of Spanish based holding company Inditex, has grown to great prominence in the international retail fashion industry. It has done so by advantage in recognizing and responding to changing fashion. Recognizing and quickly responding to the changes in fashion trends is largely achieved through a collaborative system of store managers and mid-management level commercials. The exponential growth of Zara has been upon the backbone of
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Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) AB in Retailing December 2009 Scope of the Report Retailing - Hennes & Mauritz © Euromonitor International Scope • This global company profile covers the following products focusing on the year 2009: Retailing: US$10,430 billion Store-based Retailing: US$9,829 billion Non-Store Retailing: US$601 billion Clothing & Footwear Specialist Retailers: US$791 billion Homeshopping: US$190 billion Internet Retailing: US$243 billion Disclaimer Much
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