T.K.Maxx and Zara are very different retailers in the fashion industry. Whilst one offers low cost designer labels the other retails quality own-brand labelled clothes at a reasonable price. Zara sets itself apart from the giant market place by celebrating its motive to offer exactly what the customer wants‚ going to detective levels to make sure they understand their audience’s wishes. T.K.Maxx on the other-hand distinguishes itself by reducing prices of designer labels by up to 60%‚ and these are
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CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBALIZATION ON TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY Case of Vodafone Contents Contents 2 SUMMARY 3 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF GLOBALIZATION 3 GLOBALIZATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY- CASE OF VODAFONE 4 CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBALIZATION ON TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY- CASE OF VODAFONE 4 EVALUATION AND CONCLUSION 6 REFERENCES 7 SUMMARY While discussing the topics of trade‚ development and political economy‚ globalization is often discussed. In general‚ globalization means a process
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of ZARA: Fast Fashion This report is submitted to Prof. Devanath Tirupati in partial fulfilment of the course requirements of Supply Chain Management at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Saketh Sabbineni Sankalan Prasad Mayur Shrikhande Tushar Bhargava 5th March 2014 Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated‚ any views or opinions expressed in this report are solely those of the authors. Executive Summary Inditex‚ founded by Amancio Ortega‚ operates six different chains: Zara‚ Massimo
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Zara’s financial performance? Since only Inditex historical financials are shown in the case‚ we took the financials of Inditex to describe Zara’s financial performance. It is reasonable to take Inditex financial data because Zara made up 76% of Inditex’s sales in 2001. Zara (Inditex) Financial Performance in 1996-2001 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Liquidity Ratio (current ratio) 0.81 1.00 0.88 0.87 0.90 1.02 Leverage Ratio (debt/ equity) 1.98 1.84 1.97 1.98 1.80 0.75 Profitability
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1. With which of the international competitors listed in the case is it most interesting to compare Inditex’s financial results? Why? What do comparisons indicate about Inditex’s relative operating economics? Its relative capital efficiency? We think H&M’s financial results are the most interesting one to compare with Inditex’s. H&M is the most important and largest competitor of Inditex and due to their similar background‚ both being large international European apparel brands and offers fashionable
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Globalization of Fashion PAGE 1 The Impact of Globalization within the Fashion Industry Arteria Ware ENGL 1133: Freshman Composition II Ms. Ogbaa November 26‚ 2012 Throughout history‚ the fashion industry has played a significant role in popular culture for people all over the world‚ who are different ages‚ races‚ shapes‚ and sizes. Fashion is being creative and expressing your inner beauty whether you ’re the designer‚ the stylist‚ the model‚ or even the buyer. The style of dress establishes
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firm (RBV) (Barney‚ 1986‚ 1991)‚ critically evaluate the competitiveness of Zara within the Australian retail industry. The resource based view revolves around the notion of a firms tangible and intangible resources and capabilities allowing the firm to sustain a competitive advantage amongst its competitors. Zara being one of the biggest multinational fashion retailers of our time possesses many resources that enable Zara to maintain a competitive edge. Zara’s most noteworthy tangible resources
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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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Zara Case: Fast Fashion from Savvy Systems a gallaugher.com case provided free to faculty & students for non-commercial use © Copyright 1997-2008‚ John M. Gallaugher‚ Ph.D. – for more info see: http://www.gallaugher.com/chapters.html Last modified: Sept. 13‚ 2008 INTRODUCTION The poor‚ ship-building town of La Coruña in northern Spain seems an unlikely home to a techcharged innovator in the decidedly ungeeky fashion industry‚ but that’s where you’ll find “The Cube”‚ the gleaming‚ futuristic
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benefit of globalization of airport industry. This report has two part‚first one conducts the literature review which introduces the consequences of privatization and internationalization of the airport industry. And also introduces about how the benefit effect on airport companies‚airlines and passengers. The second part analyses about how globalization effect on Shanghai Airport Authority which owns 2 airports in Shanghai. It is mainly focused on 2 points‚define and analyse globalization effects air
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