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Why might Zara “fail”? How sustainable would you consider its competitive advantage as being relative to the kinds of advantages typically pursued by other apparel retailers? [This question is worth 20%] Was Galicia/Spain fertile ground for the emergence of an apparel retailing powerhouse? Discuss in light of Porter’s Diamond.

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MAN Strategic Decision Making Case Analysis Guidelines Read the attached case ZARA: Fast Fashion, and chapter 8&9&10 and than answer the following questions: Why might Zara “fail”? How sustainable would you consider its competitive advantage as being relative to the kinds of advantages typically pursued by other apparel retailers? [This question is worth 20%] Was Galicia/Spain fertile ground for the emergence of an apparel retailing powerhouse? Discuss in light of Porter’s Diamond. [Worth 20%] How well does Zara’s advantage travel globally? [Worth 20%] What do you think of Zara’s past international strategy? Evaluate, in particular, its past strategy for: (product) market selection its mode of entry, and its standardization of marketing approach. [Worth 40%] Your case submission will be evaluated based on your analysis, clarity of writing, organization of thoughts, completeness, and grammatical correctness (see the Case Analysis Rubric file for specific information). When appropriate, you should support your answers with direct facts or examples from the case, drawing on concepts you learned in the textbook and/or from class discussion. You may use heading/subheading/bullet points to organize your thoughts in favor of your answers. But, make sure you explain them well, as opposed to just listing the bullets. The page range is 4 pages (excluding any figure/title page/bibliography). Do explain your arguments, but do so in a succinct manner. Remember, your submission will be graded on the quality of analysis rather than quantity of pages. The submission should be written double-spaced, font size 12, Garamond/Times New Roman. Submit the file through D2L dropbox as an attachment (i.e., do NOT copy-paste your paper). No late submissions are allowed Use of any unattributed sources is considered plagiarism, and if found, will not be tolerated

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Case Analysis 1 
 
Running Head: CASE ANALYSIS
Case Analysis
Case Analysis 2 
 
Case Analysis 
Answer: 1  
In this competitive environment, there are many reasons that are responsible for the 
failure of Zara. The basic reason of Zara failure was its huge expansion plan (Hill, 2000). On the 
other hand, Zara’s homogeneous production line and strategy were also responsible for the 
failure of Zara in international market. The failure occurred in this by differentiation in the 
cultural, economic, societal and other several conditions of the countries (Freiberg & Freiberg, 
2012). 
 Along with this, the difference in tastes, fondness and fashion across regions also play a  
hazard of failure to Zara. In addition, Zara faces a lot of vulnerability to enter into  international 
markets (Coulter, 2012). At the same time, for the success Zara should deliver its garbs in-time, 
at competitive prices, short-lead time and customized for local markets. Zara was unable to 
develop a strong supply chain that was another threat of failure (Taylor, 2003). 
In the same manner, competitive advantage of Zara is sustainable and has thrust for the 
success of the company (Mavor, 2003). Zara adopts the key principle of competitive advantages 
such as: low level of stock and supply of the product, an effective system of distribution, 
reduction in the advertising cost and a high turnover of its product in all over the world.  
On the other hand, Zara also rapidly acclimatize the market needs and also offer an 
immediate response system to achieve competitive success. Zara also emphasizes at the climate 
of need and opportunity of the success. Thus, all the above characteristics are the reason behind 
it the more sustainable competitive advantages of the marketplace (Williamson, 2012). 
Answer: 2 
Case Analysis 3 
 
From the  given analysis of the case, it is observed that, Galicia listed in the third number 
as a poorest region of Spain. Along with this, it should also be found that, it had different poor 
communication links as well as very high rate of unemployment. In addition, the habitants 
trusted intemperately on farming and fishing that were regarded as tailors to aristocrats. They 
were also having home to make apparel workshops (Messonnier, 2010). 
Along with this, it is also also interpreted that the demand level of Galicia lacked was 
very a powerful.

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