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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Sewing up the Competition - Innovation in the Textile and Clothing Industry Manufacturing doesn’t get much older than the textile and clothing industry. Since the earliest days when we lived in caves there’s been a steady demand for something to wrap around us to keep warm and to protect the more sensitive bits of our anatomy from the worst of the elements. What began with animal hides and furs gradually moved into a more sophisticated activity with fabrics woven from flax or wool – and with
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Requirement versus Operations Resources 4 Market Requirement Perspective 5 Operation Resources Perspective 5 Conclusion 5 Reference 6 Introduction Zara is a Spanish fashion and accessories retailers that founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalia Mera (Ledesma‚ 2013). Zara designs‚ manufactures their apparel‚ footwear and accessories for men‚ women and sells up-to-minute “fashionabilty” at low prices throughout Europe‚ US and Asia Pacific (Bilsel‚ 2014) that clearly focused
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TABLE OF CONTENTS GROUP: - Introduction 4 - Industry Analysis - National and International environment 5 - PESTEL Analysis 6 - PORTER`s five forces 8 - Interview 12 INDIVIDUAL: - Company background 14 - PULL AND BEAR`s case 14 - Vision‚ mission and objectives 15 - Swot analysis 16 - The strategic management process 17 - The critical success factors 18 References 20 INTRODUCTION PULL AND BEAR is a textile
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------------------------------------------------- Background of GAP GAP is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco‚ California. It is a part of the group with the same namesake ‘The GAP‚ Inc’. It was founded in 1969 as a single store by Donald G. Fisher and wife Doris. The store’s merchandise consisted of Levi’s and “Long Playing” records; later they came up with their own private label in 1974. The GAP‚ Inc today is one of the world’s largest specialty retailers‚
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hundred companies dealing with activities related to textile design‚ production and distribution. Its eight store formats: Zara‚ Pull & Bear‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ Oysho‚ Zara Home and Uterqüe; boast 5.044 stores in 77 countries. Amancio Ortega is the founder and current president. Of Inditex’s total employees‚ over 80% of them are part of the retail sales force and 8.5% are in manufacturing‚ design‚ logistics‚ and distribution. The remaining 11.5% are part of the corporate headquarters
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Zara Summary Zara has successfully built a worldwide famous brand thanks to its premium locations as well as a unique management system of design‚ production and supply chain. Unlike other fashion brands‚ it takes Zara only 10 to 14 days from the time it designs new clothing until it arrives in stores.The case describes the implementation of the fast-fashion concept by Zara and analyzes the components of its flexible integrated business model . Furthermore it reports on the international expansion
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just price; variety‚ speed‚ brand and quality has a big influence on success. As in every business‚ there are companies which underline the power of innovation and entrepreneurship. One of these companies is Inditex‚ which was established by Amancio Ortega Gaona in 1963. The company has 8 brand groups. One of these is ZARA‚ well known brand in many countries all around the world. To start with a PEST analysis‚ we need to mention that company is established in Spain‚ the country with political
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3.1 HISTORY and BACKGROUND ZARA is the flagship chain store for the Spanish Inditex Group owned by Amancio Ortega‚ who also brands such as Massimo Dutti and Bershka. It was first open in 1975 in La Coruna‚ Galicia‚ Spain. Originally a lingerie store‚ then the product range expanded to incorporate women’s fashion‚ menswear and children’s clothes (5). The international adventure began in 1988‚ opened its first foreign store in Oporto‚ Portugal. The market growth remained mysterious and it kept growing
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Case # 4 – Zara Zara is the flagship company of Inditex‚ an international clothing retailer. Zara began its business as a small retail store in Spain founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona in 1975. In the following decades Zara has grown to nearly 450 store location in 29 countries by the year 2000. Zara consistently accounts for more than 80% of Inditex’s net sales as indicated by Figure 1; linking the success of Inditex to the success of the strategies of Zara. Figure 1 Inditex Net Sales by Concept
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