Zara's Secret for Fast Fashion
by Kasra Ferdows, Michael A. Lewis and Jose A.D. Machuca
Editor's note: With some 650 stores in 50 countries, Spanish clothing retailer Zara has hit on a formula for supply chain success that works by defying conventional wisdom. This excerpt from a recent Harvard Business Review profile zeros in on how Zara's supply chain communicates, allowing it to design, produce, and deliver a garment in fifteen days.
In Zara stores, customers can always find new products—but they're in limited supply. There is a sense of tantalizing exclusivity, since only a few items are on display even though stores are spacious (the average size is around 1,000 square meters). A customer thinks, "This green shirt fits me, and there is one on the rack. If I don't buy it now, I'll lose my chance."
Such a retail concept depends on the regular creation and rapid replenishment of small batches of new goods. Zara's designers create approximately 40,000 new designs annually, from which 10,000 are selected for production. Some of them resemble the latest couture creations. But Zara often beats the high-fashion houses to the market and offers almost the same products, made with less expensive fabric, at much lower prices. Since most garments come in five to six colors and five to seven sizes, Zara's system has to deal with something in the realm of 300,000 new stock-keeping units (SKUs), on average, every year.
This "fast fashion" system depends on a constant exchange of information throughout every part of Zara's supply chain—from customers to store managers, from store managers to market specialists and designers, from designers to production staff, from buyers to subcontractors, from warehouse managers to distributors, and so on. Most companies insert layers of bureaucracy that can bog down communication between departments. But Zara's organization, operational procedures, performance measures, and even its office layouts are all designed to make information transfer easy.
Zara's single, centralized design and production center is attached to Inditex (Zara's parent company) headquarters in La Coruña. It consists of three spacious halls—one for women's clothing lines, one for men's, and one for children's. Unlike most companies, which try to excise redundant labor to cut costs, Zara makes a point of running three parallel, but operationally distinct, product families. Accordingly, separate design, sales, and procurement and production-planning staffs are dedicated to each clothing line. A store may receive three different calls from La Coruña in one week from a market specialist in each channel; a factory making shirts may deal simultaneously with two Zara managers, one for men's shirts and another for children's shirts. Though it's more expensive to operate three channels, the information flow for each channel is fast, direct, and unencumbered by problems in other channels—making the overall supply chain more responsive.
| Zara's cadre of 200 designers sits right in the midst of the production process. |
In each hall, floor to ceiling windows overlooking the Spanish countryside reinforce a sense of cheery informality and openness. Unlike companies that sequester their design staffs, Zara's cadre of 200 designers sits right in the midst of the production process. Split among the three lines, these mostly twentysomething designers—hired because of their enthusiasm and talent, no prima donnas allowed—work next to the market specialists and procurement and production planners. Large circular tables play host to impromptu meetings. Racks of the latest fashion magazines and catalogs fill the walls. A small prototype shop has been set up in the corner of each hall, which encourages everyone to comment on new garments as they evolve.
The physical and organizational proximity of the three groups increases both the speed and the quality of the design process. Designers can quickly and informally check initial sketches with colleagues. Market specialists, who are in constant touch with store managers (and many of whom have been store managers themselves), provide quick feedback about the look of the new designs (style, color, fabric, and so on) and suggest possible market price points. Procurement and production planners make preliminary, but crucial, estimates of manufacturing costs and available capacity. The cross-functional teams can examine prototypes in the hall, choose a design, and commit resources for its production and introduction in a few hours, if necessary.
Zara is careful about the way it deploys the latest information technology tools to facilitate these informal exchanges. Customized handheld computers support the connection between the retail stores and La Coruña. These PDAs augment regular (often weekly) phone conversations between the store managers and the market specialists assigned to them. Through the PDAs and telephone conversations, stores transmit all kinds of information to La Coruña—such hard data as orders and sales trends and such soft data as customer reactions and the "buzz" around a new style. While any company can use PDAs to communicate, Zara's flat organization ensures that important conversations don't fall through the bureaucratic cracks.
Once the team selects a prototype for production, the designers refine colors and textures on a computer-aided design system. If the item is to be made in one of Zara's factories, they transmit the specs directly to the relevant cutting machines and other systems in that factory. Bar codes track the cut pieces as they are converted into garments through the various steps involved in production (including sewing operations usually done by subcontractors), distribution, and delivery to the stores, where the communication cycle began.
The constant flow of updated data mitigates the so-called bullwhip effect—the tendency of supply chains (and all open-loop information systems) to amplify small disturbances. A small change in retail orders, for example, can result in wide fluctuations in factory orders after it's transmitted through wholesalers and distributors. In an industry that traditionally allows retailers to change a maximum of 20 percent of their orders once the season has started, Zara lets them adjust 40 percent to 50 percent. In this way, Zara avoids costly overproduction and the subsequent sales and discounting prevalent in the industry.
Excerpted with permission from "Rapid-Fire Fulfillment," Harvard Business Review , Vol. 82, No.11, November 2004.
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Kasra Ferdows is the Heisley Family Professor of Global Manufacturing at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business in Washington DC.
Michael A. Lewis is a professor of operations and supply management at the University of Bath School of Management in the UK.
Jose A.D. Machuca is a professor of operations management at the University of Seville in Spain.
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Strategy & Execution ZARA: Fast FashionWrite a review, are you an educator. Register as a Premium Educator at hbsp.harvard.edu , plan a course, and save your students up to 50% with your academic discount. Product DescriptionPublication Date: April 01, 2003 Source: Harvard Business School Focuses on Inditex, an apparel retailer from Spain, which has set up an extremely quick response system for its ZARA chain. Instead of predicting months before a season starts what women will want to wear, ZARA observes what's selling and what's not and continuously adjusts what it produces and merchandises on that basis. Powered by ZARA's success, Inditex has expanded into 39 countries, making it one of the most global retailers in the world. But in 2002, it faces important questions concerning its future growth.  This Product Also Appears InRelated products.  Zara: IT for Fast Fashion ZARA: Fast Fashion (Multimedia Case) Zara: Managing Stores for Fast FashionCopyright permissions. To obtain copyright permission to share this PDF with your team, purchase one copy per user. Order for your team and save! Digital Innovation and TransformationMba student perspectives.
ZARA: Achieving the “Fast” in Fast Fashion through Analytics How does fast fashion make any business sense? Zara uses intensive data and analytics to manage a tight supply chain and give customers exactly what they want. Introduction Zara’s parent company Inditex has managed to thrive in the last decade while several other fashion retailers have faced declining sales or stagnant growth. Inditex has grown over 220% in annual revenue since 2004, more than its key competitors like H&M, Gap, or Banana Republic (1).  The value of a fast fashion brand is to bring the latest designs and “trendiest trends” into the market as quickly as possible, preferably as soon as they became hot on the catwalk, and to provide these at a reasonable price. The traditional fashion industry is not well equipped to provide such value as it operates on a bi-annual or seasonal basis, with long production lead times due to outsourced manufacturing to low cost-centers. Zara has turned the industry on its head by using data and analytics to track demand on a real-time, localized basis and push new inventory in response to customer pull. This enables them to manage one of the most efficient supply chains in the fashion industry, and to create the fast fashion category as a market leader. Pathways to a Just Digital FutureHow Zara Uses Data Inditex is a mammoth retailer, producing over 840 million garments in a year, the majority of which are sold by Zara (2). Every item of clothing is tagged with an RFID microchip before it leaves a centralized warehouse, which enables them to track that piece of inventory until it is sold to a customer (3). The data about the sale of each SKU, inventory levels in each store, and the speed at which a particular SKU moves from the shelf to the POS is sent on a real time basis to Inditex’s central data processing center (see picture below). This center is open 24 hours a day and collects information from all 6000+ Inditex stores across 80+ countries and is used by teams for inventory management, distribution, design and customer service improvements (4).  Zara’s Data Processing Center receives real-time data from around the world (4). When the apparel arrives in store, RFID enables the stockist to determine which items need replenishing and where they are located, which has made their inventory and stock takes 80% faster than before (3). If a customer needs a particular SKU, salespeople are able to serve them better by locating it immediately in store or at a nearby location. Moreover, every Zara location receives inventory replenishments twice a week, which is tailored to that stores real-time updates on SKU-level inventory data. The sales tracking data is critical in enabling Zara to serve its customers with trends that they actually want, and eliminate designs that don’t have customer pull. Zara’s design team is an egalitarian team of over 350 designers that use inspiration from the catwalk to design apparel on daily basis. Every morning, they dive through the sales data from stores across the world to determine what items are selling and accordingly tailor their designs that day. They also receive qualitative feedback from empowered sales employees that send in feedback and customer sentiment on a daily basis to the central HQ e.g., “customers don’t like the zipper” or “she wishes it was longer” (1). At the start of the planning process, Zara orders very small batches of any given design from their manufacturers (even just 4-6 of a shirt per store). The majority of Zara’s factories are located proximally in Europe and North Africa, enabling them to manufacture new designs close to home and ship them to their stores within 2-3 weeks. They then test these designs in store, and if the data suggests the designs take off, Zara can quickly order more inventory in the right sizes, in the locations that demanded it. Such store-level data allows Zara to be hyper-local in serving their customer’s needs – as tastes can vary on a neighborhood level. As Inditex’s communication director told the New York Times, “ Neighborhoods share trends more than countries do. For example, the store on Fifth Avenue in Midtown New York is more similar to the store in Ginza, Tokyo, which is an elegant area that’s also touristic. And SoHo is closer to Shibuya, which is very trendy and young.” (5) Unlike other retailers that may order inventory based on their hypotheses about tastes at a regional level, Zara is tailors its collections based on the exact zip code and demographic that a given location serves (5). Zara’s Results vs. Competitors Zara sells over 11,000 distinct items per year versus its competitors that carry 2,000 to 4,000. However Zara also boasts the lowest year-end inventory levels in the fashion industry. This lean working capital management offsets their higher production costs and enables them to boast rapid sales turnover rates. At Zara, only 15% to 25% of a line is designed ahead of the season, and over 50% of items are designed and manufactured in the middle of a season based on what becomes popular (2). This is in direct contrast to a close competitor like H&M where 80% of designs are made ahead of the season, and 20% is done in real-time during the season (6). Most other retailers commit 100% of their designs ahead of a season, and are often left with excess inventory that they then have to discount heavily at season-end. Instead, Zara’s quick replenishment cycles create a sense of scarcity which might actually generate more demand: “With Zara, you know that if you don’t buy it, right then and there, within 11 days the entire stock will change. You buy it now or never.” (5)
Student comments on ZARA: Achieving the “Fast” in Fast Fashion through AnalyticsGreat post Ravneet – I had never read about Zara’s extremely quick supply chain or hyper-local testing. I have a question for you about fast fashion in general, but especially for Zara since it produces and sells more distinct items than its competitors: it seems that many designers are not fond of the “runway-inspired” fashions sold at these stores and some have even sued stores for copying their designs. Do you think Zara and other brands like it are doing anything wrong, and if not, what recourse do designers have for “imitations” of their work? Thanks for the post Ravneet. Zara and H&M are beacons of hope for a mostly distressed industry. Do you think Zara’s advantage could be sustained in the event of a full-on assault by the Amazons of the world? Leave a comment Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment.  Product details Time periodGeographical setting, featured company.  The marketplace for case solutions. ZARA: Fast Fashion – Case SolutionThe case study focuses on Inditex, an apparel retailer, which has created a very quick response system for its ZARA chain. Rather than predicting demand several weeks before a season begins, ZARA observes what is actually selling and continuously adapts its production and merchandises on that basis. Fueled by ZARA's outstanding success, Inditex has entered 39 countries, which makes it one of the most global apparel retailers. However, in 2002, Inditex faces important questions concerning its future growth strategy. Pankaj Ghemawat; Jose Luis Nueno Iniesta Harvard Business Review ( 703497-PDF-ENG ) April 01, 2003 Case questions answered:
Not the questions you were looking for? Submit your own questions & get answers . ZARA: Fast Fashion Case Answers1. provide a short description of the “zara: fast fashion” case study. The global apparel chain, which includes the company ZARA, has been defined as a buyer-driven chain operating on a global level, profiting from a combination of refined research, design, marketing, and financial services, allowing retailers, marketers, and manufacturers to act strategically in linking international factories. Apparel production before the 90s was generally spread worldwide, with about 30% of products being exported to developing countries. Despite attempts to lower labor costs, it still required labor-intensive steps, and thus, a need for regionalization arose in the 90s, in coordination with the fact that proximity could reduce shipping costs significantly. Trading companies played the primary role in transporting apparel from factories to retailers, acting as cross-border middlemen, and managing supply chains for retailers internationally. Other intermediaries were branded marketers who outsourced apparel production sold under their own brand name and branded manufacturers who also sold products under their brand name but owned some manufacturing, too. The role of retailers was crucial in shaping imports in developed countries. The dominant trend in the 1990s was concentration, accompanied by the replacement of independent stores by chains. Apparel retailers were also strong promoters of the quick response (QR) strategy, a set of practices aiming to enhance coordination between manufacturing and retailing so as to improve the speed of response to market shifts, which led to significant compression of cycle times. Finally, unlike other retailing sectors, apparel retailing remained relatively globalized. In 2000, spending on apparel accounted for a considerable share of the total market while being dependent on market size, per capita income, and price levels. In addition, despite some variation in customers’ preferences both locally and among different regions, a significant cross-border homogeneity started to prevail, especially in particular population groups such as young adults. Apart from Zara, comparable apparel chains that dominated most international markets were The Gap, Hennes and Mauritz (H&M), and Benetton, all of which presented differences in terms of product placement, market-entry, and positioning in product space. The Gap, founded in 1969 in San Francisco, was an unpretentious, smart casual clothesline that achieved continuous growth during the 80s and 90s while being U.S.-centric, although it had outsourced most of its production outside the United States. Its internalization began in the late 80s but was hampered by difficulties in market positioning in Europe, adapting to different preferences and enduring pricing pressures outside the U.S. and it underwent a crisis in 2001 due to a lack of distinct fashion positioning. H&M, Inditex’s closest competitor, founded in Sweden in 1947, performed particularly well in apparel retailing in the 90s but also endured a small crisis in 2000 due to a fashion miss and a hampered effort to enter the U.S. market. Its lead times were significantly longer than Zara’s due to the complete outsourcing of production. It was quicker to internationalize but with a more focused approach to market entry, and its prices were slightly lower. Benetton, established in Italy in 1965, achieved success in the 80s and 90s and was known for selling its products through licensees it controlled, and this format led to long lead times of several months. Thus, in the late 90s, it focused on narrowing its product lines by grouping them in “production poles” and opening large outlets in prime locations. Inditex (Industria de Dise ñ o Textil) was a global retailer responsible for designing, manufacturing, and selling apparel and accessories through Zara and five other chains with 1284 stores worldwide in 2001. It was founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona, still president and shareholder, in 2002 in the region of Galicia in Spain, a place with tradition in apparel and full of individual workshops that, however, lacked an organized industry association to control and manage these activities. Ortega initially opened a manufacturing facility in La Coru ñ a in 1963 but soon moved forward into retailing by opening the first Zara store in 1975 on the main shopping street of the city. More stores were spread shortly across Galicia, and by the end of the 80s, Zara operated stores in all Spanish cities. In the early 90s, Inditex started to add more chains to its network by either acquisition or internal development, and in 2002, it operated Bershka, Massimo Dutti, Pull & Bear, Stradivarius, and Oysho, apart from Zara. The six chains operated as separate business units, and each one had its own strategy, image, design, manufacturing, and personnel, while all these activities were coordinated and managed by Inditex’s corporate center, which was seen as a “strategic controller.” However, in the case of international expansion, coordination increased as the experience of older chains facilitated a quicker expansion of the newer ones. In 2001, Inditex sold 26% of its shares to the public, although Amancio Ortega kept more than 60% and also adopted a social strategy that involved dialogue with employees, suppliers, non-governmental organizations, and local communities. Zara was the largest and most expanded of Inditex’s chains, with 507 stores by 2001 worldwide, and was considered the primary driver of the group’s international growth. In 1990, it started… Unlock Case Solution Now!Get instant access to this case solution with a simple, one-time payment ($24.90). After purchase:
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The challenges involve – evaluation of strategic options, key role of Strategy & Execution, leadership qualities of the protagonist, and dynamics of the external environment. The challenge in front of the protagonist, of ZARA: Fast Fashion, is to not only build a competitive position of the organization but also to sustain it over a period of time. Strategic Management Tools Used in Case Study SolutionThe ZARA: Fast Fashion case study solution requires the MBA, EMBA, executive, professional to have a deep understanding of various strategic management tools such as SWOT Analysis, PESTEL Analysis / PEST Analysis / STEP Analysis, Porter Five Forces Analysis, Go To Market Strategy, BCG Matrix Analysis, Porter Value Chain Analysis, Ansoff Matrix Analysis, VRIO / VRIN and Marketing Mix Analysis. 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Even though the problem statement is essentially – “Strategy & Execution” challenge but it has impacted by others factors such as communication in the organization, uncertainty in the external environment, leadership in Zara Inditex, style of leadership and organization structure, marketing and sales, organizational behavior, strategy, internal politics, stakeholders priorities and more. Step 2 – External Environment AnalysisTexas Business School approach of case study analysis – Conclusion, Reasons, Evidences - provides a framework to analyze every HBR case study. It requires conducting robust external environmental analysis to decipher evidences for the reasons presented in the ZARA: Fast Fashion. The external environment analysis of ZARA: Fast Fashion will ensure that we are keeping a tab on the macro-environment factors that are directly and indirectly impacting the business of the firm. What is PESTEL Analysis? Briefly ExplainedPESTEL stands for political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors that impact the external environment of firm in ZARA: Fast Fashion case study. PESTEL analysis of " ZARA: Fast Fashion" can help us understand why the organization is performing badly, what are the factors in the external environment that are impacting the performance of the organization, and how the organization can either manage or mitigate the impact of these external factors. How to do PESTEL / PEST / STEP Analysis? What are the components of PESTEL Analysis?As mentioned above PESTEL Analysis has six elements – political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal. All the six elements are explained in context with ZARA: Fast Fashion macro-environment and how it impacts the businesses of the firm. How to do PESTEL Analysis for ZARA: Fast FashionTo do comprehensive PESTEL analysis of case study – ZARA: Fast Fashion , we have researched numerous components under the six factors of PESTEL analysis. Political Factors that Impact ZARA: Fast FashionPolitical factors impact seven key decision making areas – economic environment, socio-cultural environment, rate of innovation & investment in research & development, environmental laws, legal requirements, and acceptance of new technologies. Government policies have significant impact on the business environment of any country. The firm in “ ZARA: Fast Fashion ” needs to navigate these policy decisions to create either an edge for itself or reduce the negative impact of the policy as far as possible. Data safety laws – The countries in which Zara Inditex is operating, firms are required to store customer data within the premises of the country. Zara Inditex needs to restructure its IT policies to accommodate these changes. In the EU countries, firms are required to make special provision for privacy issues and other laws. Competition Regulations – Numerous countries have strong competition laws both regarding the monopoly conditions and day to day fair business practices. ZARA: Fast Fashion has numerous instances where the competition regulations aspects can be scrutinized. Import restrictions on products – Before entering the new market, Zara Inditex in case study ZARA: Fast Fashion" should look into the import restrictions that may be present in the prospective market. Export restrictions on products – Apart from direct product export restrictions in field of technology and agriculture, a number of countries also have capital controls. Zara Inditex in case study “ ZARA: Fast Fashion ” should look into these export restrictions policies. Foreign Direct Investment Policies – Government policies favors local companies over international policies, Zara Inditex in case study “ ZARA: Fast Fashion ” should understand in minute details regarding the Foreign Direct Investment policies of the prospective market. Corporate Taxes – The rate of taxes is often used by governments to lure foreign direct investments or increase domestic investment in a certain sector. Corporate taxation can be divided into two categories – taxes on profits and taxes on operations. Taxes on profits number is important for companies that already have a sustainable business model, while taxes on operations is far more significant for companies that are looking to set up new plants or operations. Tariffs – Chekout how much tariffs the firm needs to pay in the “ ZARA: Fast Fashion ” case study. The level of tariffs will determine the viability of the business model that the firm is contemplating. If the tariffs are high then it will be extremely difficult to compete with the local competitors. But if the tariffs are between 5-10% then Zara Inditex can compete against other competitors. Research and Development Subsidies and Policies – Governments often provide tax breaks and other incentives for companies to innovate in various sectors of priority. Managers at ZARA: Fast Fashion case study have to assess whether their business can benefit from such government assistance and subsidies. Consumer protection – Different countries have different consumer protection laws. Managers need to clarify not only the consumer protection laws in advance but also legal implications if the firm fails to meet any of them. Political System and Its Implications – Different political systems have different approach to free market and entrepreneurship. Managers need to assess these factors even before entering the market. Freedom of Press is critical for fair trade and transparency. Countries where freedom of press is not prevalent there are high chances of both political and commercial corruption. Corruption level – Zara Inditex needs to assess the level of corruptions both at the official level and at the market level, even before entering a new market. To tackle the menace of corruption – a firm should have a clear SOP that provides managers at each level what to do when they encounter instances of either systematic corruption or bureaucrats looking to take bribes from the firm. Independence of judiciary – It is critical for fair business practices. If a country doesn’t have independent judiciary then there is no point entry into such a country for business. Government attitude towards trade unions – Different political systems and government have different attitude towards trade unions and collective bargaining. The firm needs to assess – its comfort dealing with the unions and regulations regarding unions in a given market or industry. If both are on the same page then it makes sense to enter, otherwise it doesn’t. Economic Factors that Impact ZARA: Fast FashionSocial factors that impact zara: fast fashion, technological factors that impact zara: fast fashion, environmental factors that impact zara: fast fashion, legal factors that impact zara: fast fashion, step 3 – industry specific analysis, what is porter five forces analysis, step 4 – swot analysis / internal environment analysis, step 5 – porter value chain / vrio / vrin analysis, step 6 – evaluating alternatives & recommendations, step 7 – basis for recommendations, references :: zara: fast fashion case study solution.
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Zara's Secret for Fast Fashion. 2/21/2005. Spanish retailer Zara has hit on a formula for supply chain success that works. By defying conventional wisdom, Zara can design and distribute a garment to market in just fifteen days. From Harvard Business Review. by Kasra Ferdows, Michael A. Lewis and Jose A.D. Machuca.
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Zara uses intensive data and analytics to manage a tight supply chain and give customers exactly what they want. Introduction. Zara's parent company Inditex has managed to thrive in the last decade while several other fashion retailers have faced declining sales or stagnant growth. Inditex has grown over 220% in annual revenue since 2004 ...
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Pablo Isla, the CEO of Zara, wanted to improve operational efficiencies in managing its store network. In particular, he wanted to improve labor productivity at the stores. ... "Zara: Managing Stores for Fast Fashion." Harvard Business School Case 610-042, November 2009. (Revised January 2010.) Educators; Purchase; More from the Authors. June ...
Authors: Pankaj Ghemawat (Harvard Business School); Jose Luis Nueno (IESE Business School) Published by: Harvard Business Publishing ... ZARA: Fast Fashion. Case -Reference no. 9-704-S02 Spanish language Subject category: ... The Case Centre is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, registered in England No 1129396 and entered in the ...
Zara can design, produce, and deliver a new garment to its 600-plus stores worldwide in a mere 15 days. So in Zara's shops, customers can always find new products—but in limited supply.
Harvard Business Review (703497-PDF-ENG) April 01, 2003. Case questions answered: ... Provide a short description of the "ZARA: Fast Fashion" case study. The global apparel chain, which includes the company ZARA, has been defined as a buyer-driven chain operating on a global level, profiting from a combination of refined research, design ...
Each Case Flash Forward provides educators and students with a brief, 2-3 page update of key changes at a particular company covered in a related case study. It is a compilation of publicly-available content prepared by an experienced editor. This Case Flash Forward provides an update on Inditex and Zara, including significant developments, current executives, key readings, and basic financials.
HBS Case Collection; ZARA: Fast Fashion Video ... roundtable discussions and vignettes introducing the company and providing an inside view of the four stages of ZARA's business system, including design, sourcing and manufacturing, distribution, and retailing. ... Ghemawat, Pankaj. "ZARA: Fast Fashion Video." Harvard Business School Video ...
In 2010, amidst the growth of ecommerce and the emergence of new, purely online, fashion players, Zara launched its first online store, Zara.com. Since then, Zara's online business had grown at a fast pace. By 2018, 12% of Inditex Group's total sales came from the online channel. Since the inception of the first online store, Inditex ...
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Industria de Diseño Textil, SA (Inditex), primarily through its flagship brand Zara, had grown to be the world's number-one fashion manufacturer and retailer with the introduction of what many considered a disruptive fast-fashion business model. However, Inditex's chief executive officer insisted that this term failed to describe the company's business model accurately. Like other successful ...
Fashion retailer ZARA has achieved spectacular growth via a distinctive design-on-demand operating model. This case describes this model and outlines a number of challenges facing the company, with a particular emphasis on its international expansion. ... and Guillermo D"Andrea. "Zara." Harvard Business School Case 503-050, March 2003 ...
Source: Harvard Business School. Product #: 503050-PDF-ENG. Length: 26 page (s) Fashion retailer ZARA has achieved spectacular growth via a distinctive design-on-demand operating model. This case describes this model and outlines.