How a Spaniard Invented
Fast Fashion
COMPANY OVERVIEW
• First Store -1975
• More than 2000 stores in 88 countries
• Spanish-based Company
• Sales - More than $14.5 billion
Design & Production
• Designs 10,000 - 20,000 different items a year
• Approximate 3 Times Production than GAP/ H&M
• Tight control on manufacturing process
• Produces small quantity - Image of exclusivity
Logistics
All clothes are shipped back to the distribution centre in Spain and
then re-distributed to all other stores in the world.
Customers
Everything revolves around Zara’s
Continuous monitoring
of Customers changing
needs, trends and tastes.
Fashion trends easily
identified through
customer feedback.
Stores
• Retailer’s stores - key advertising element
• Advertising expenditure - 0.3 percent only.
• Prefers to open new stores than advertise.
What Makes Zara Successful?
Would Zara’s model work
for other retailers ?
What can Zara do to ensure successful
growth around the world while
maintaining the same level of speed and
instant fashion ?
• Maintain a tight control on manufacturing as it
expands throughout the world.
• Increase its online presence through online
advertising and promotion.
• Maintaining its
Concept of
“Fast Fashion”
at
Affordable prices.
RECAP
SWOT ANALYSIS
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DISCLAIMER
Created By Keshav Agarwal, KiroriMal College,DU, during
a marketing internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur,
IIM Lucknow.

Zara: Fast Fashion at Affordable Prices