ZARA是西班牙Inditex集团旗下的一个子公司，它既是服装品牌，也是专营ZARA品牌服装的连锁零售品牌。1975年设立于西班牙的ZARA，在世界各地56个国家内，设立超过两千多家的服装连锁店。ZARA深受全球时尚青年的喜爱，设计师品牌的优异设计，价格却更为低廉，简单来说就是让平民拥抱High Fashion。 Zara‚ a Spanish-based chain owned by Inditex‚ is a clothing retailer who has taken a new approach in the industry. Zara stores are company-owned‚ except where local legislation forbids foreigner-owned businesses. It was first open in 1975‚ originally a lingerie store‚ then the product range expanded to incorporate women’s fashion‚ menswear
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2. Zara’s product cycle was much better than its competitors. Zara was able to originate a design and have finished goods in stores in 4-5 weeks for entirely new designs. The industry model was 6 months for design and 3 months for manufacturing. Zara produces 11‚000 items a year as compared to 2‚000-4‚000 by competitors. 3. Zara’s quick product cycle created a sense of scarcity and a “buy now or miss it” mentality among customers. Zara shoppers visited the chain 17 times a year‚ compared with an
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Design As the flagship brand of Inditex‚ Zara possesses a large amount of capital for investment in product design. Moreover‚ the young but capable designers in Zara have the sensitivity to capture the newest trendy style. They are the typical air traveler busy shuttle back and forth all kinds of fashion shows and trade fairs in Paris‚ New York‚ London‚ and Milan‚ from which they can get inspiration and recognize the fashion trend accurately. Therefore‚ Zara could rapidly design and release fashion-sensitive
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Strength Brand Zara is one of the famous national costume brands. There are about 2000 chain store at about 50 countries‚ and it be evaluated the most research value brand in the Europe. Zara has big potential development ability in the future Amount of clothing styles Zara always produced about 20 thousand kinds of styles clothes every year‚ so it gives some selections to different customers. Zara always give a fashion and strange feeling to customers. More selections and follow fashion
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Japan Strength Abundant entertainment Tokyo provides a range of attractions for visitors looking for authentic Japanese culture‚ numerous shops‚ restaurants‚ museums‚ art galleries‚ and sightseeing‚ including modern buildings and historic architecture. Centre for business Tokyo is a global business hub‚ including international conventions. Tokyo’s stock exchange is one of the world’s big three stock exchange Weakness Expensive Though Japan has experienced deflation in recent years
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accessories for women‚ men and children through its chains around the world. Zara is the largest and most internationalized of the six retailers that Inditex owns: (Zara‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Pull & Bear‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ and Oysho). Zara is one of the leading retail garments chain in Europe. Their main competitors are Gap and H&M‚ and together they form a group of speciality chains in the apparel industry. Zara has operated and adopted a different strategy as compared to Gap and H&M and the
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6.0 STRATEGIC ANALYSIS & RECOMMENDATION FOR ZARA 6.1 PORTER 5 FORCES ANALYSIS 1. Barriers to entry: HIGH a. High fixed cost business requires economics of scale for sustained profitability b. High Selling & Administration Expenses which includes advertising‚ in-store promotions‚ etc.; up to 3.5% of its revenue‚ even though for Zara‚ the company is famous for spending minimum level of advertisements and commercials. However‚ recently the company announced that it invested €450 million in
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Japan SWOT Analysis Strengths: Economy- Economy has a long term positive impact on Japan‚ which will add to its value. The qualitative factor of economy will lead to a decrease in costs for Japan Japanese Biotechology- Hard working People- Sophisticated consumers with high purchasing power- They help Japan set trends and utilize latest technology. These customers tend to appreciate fashionable‚ name brand items that allow luxury goods makers to use their profits and knowledge of the
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the Fashion World Upside Down 13 December 2007 Introduction ZARA is the flagship chain store for the Spanish Inditex Group owned by Spanish tycoon Amancio Ortega‚ who also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Stradivarius and Bershka. Today‚ Inditex is probably the world ’s fastest growing clothing retailer with over 3‚100 stores around the world in over 70 countries (more than four times the 2000 figure) the Zara format taking around 1‚000 of those stores. In March 2006‚ the
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Introduction ZARA is one of the trendy garment retailers as an important brand in portfolio of Inditex. With development of technology and extension of market‚ ZARA has expanded to over 1‚500 stores in 44 countries‚ since founded at a Spanish town called La Coruña in 1975. In internationalization process‚ Zara employed various retailer formats‚ especially online shops‚ to complement weakness in traditional in-store purchase. Moreover‚ current development status of e-tailling is attractive for Zara to entry
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