Zara - IT for Fast Fashion Management Information Systems EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The objective of this document is to discuss the issue of Inditex’s DOS-base IT infrastructure and how it affects Zara’s performance. Inditex is concerned about its IT infrastructure being antiquated and the possibility that hardware vendors will upgrade their machines leaving them incompatible with DOS. Because Zara’s core business model is vertically integrated‚ it could specialize in speed and efficiency and
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referential groups and virtual consumption communities 3 2.1.1 Online referential groups in fashion and fashion bloggers 4 3. Fashion opinion leadership 5 3.1 Fashion opinion seeking 5 3.1.1 The process within referential groups in fashion: coherence of opinion leaders and opinion seekers 6 3.1.2 Victoria Beckham as fashion opinion leader for the Birkin Bag 7 4. Why and how marketers make use fashion opinion leaders 9 5. Conclusion 13 List of references 14 List of illustrations
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Background Yum Brands Incorporated is the world’s largest fast-food‚ or quick-service restaurant (QSR)‚ company in terms of restaurants‚ which numbered over 37‚000 at the end of 2010. It currently operates five restaurant chains‚ but by the end of 2011‚ that number will decrease to three: KFC‚ Pizza Hut‚ and Taco Bell. The remaining two chains‚ A&W and Long John Silver’s‚ will be sold in the 4th quarter of 2011 to companies formed by their franchise holders. As of November‚ 2011‚ Yum is in the
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Brand origin - How does it impact brand awareness and brand image Writers Julia Baeza Caroline Ånmo Supervisor Veronika Tarnovskaya Examiner Timurs Umans Julia Baeza Caroline Ånmo Abstract international and global. When a brand is in an international market it creates an opportunity for perceived brand origin to influence the consumers. Brand origin
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Definition: The main problem faced by Yum! Brands Inc. is a lack of integration between the brands‚ which causes further operational and strategic issue for implementing the company’s current strategy of multibrand operations. This issues with multibranding have become increasingly acute with the international expansion‚ which is not possible unless the brands within Yum! learn to work together and to derive synergies from joint operations. Situation Analysis: The problem of integration is the heritage
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Research Paper “Brand recall of car manufacturing companies (in India)” INTRODUCTION While automobiles were introduced to India in the late 1890 ’s‚ the manufacturing industry only took off after independence in 1947. The protectionist economic policies of the government gave rise in the 1950 ’s to the Hindustan Motors Ambassador‚ which is still ubiquitous in the roads and highways of India. Hindustan Motors and a few smaller manufacturers such as Premier Automobiles‚ TATA Motors‚ Bajaj
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BrandSense Building Brands with Sensory Experiences ™ ©2001 Harvest Consulting Group‚ LLC Harvest Consulting Group‚ LLC BrandSense™ Table of Contents Table of Contents BrandSense™ Introduction A Time for the Senses Recognition and Perception The Sense Connection The Case for Smell Putting the Senses Together BrandSense™ Cases Giving Your Brand Some BrandSense™ Quantitative Analysis: BrandSense Audit™‚ SensePlan™ Conclusion Sources Contact Us 01 02 03 04 05 08 09 11 12 13 14 15
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is about the brand Dove‚ a successful brand for last 40 year. In 1957 it was positioned as the beauty bar. So in which business they Dove is in? It is beauty. So how do we define beauty? Beauty can be described as natural‚ pure‚ clean‚ fresh‚ aspiration‚ dream etc. It is difficult to define beauty‚ so it is more difficult to describe real beauty. The present case scenario is of 2007 where Unilever wants to reduce its 1600 brands to 400 brands and Dove would be one of the master brands. Dove has launched
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established brand with the intention of developing a differentiated (new) position in the mind of stakeholders and competitors. This may involve radical changes to the brand’s logo‚ brand name‚ image‚ marketing strategy‚ and advertising themes. These changes are typically aimed at the repositioning of the brand/company‚ sometimes in an attempt to distance itself from certain negative connotations of the previous branding‚ or to move the brand upmarket. However‚ the main reason for a re-brand is to communicate
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Table of Contents Introduction 2 Part 1: Ralph Lauren - More than just a Brand 2 Company background 2 Company information 2 Competitors 3 Target consumers 3 Positioning - the story told by the brand 4 More than just clothes 5 Position from a value chain point of view 6 The consequences on range development 6 Part 2: The Sourcing plan 6 Sourcing Location 6 Continuity product 7 Seasonal product 7 Short-Seasonal product 8 Supplier
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