Zara Fashion World'S Largest Clothing Retail Brand
Recently, the Spanish fast fashion brand Zara has replaced the US parity casual wear brand Gap with the global sales of 1 billion 700 million euros. It has become the world's largest clothing retail brand, and its number of shops has surpassed Gap. In just 10 days, T can be turned into a new Zara, a model of fast fashion. What's different is that Zara has never spent too much money on celebrity endorsements, and has always been able to stay away from sweatshops and plagiarism.
20 years ago, people's fashion puzzles were where to buy the favorite white T-shirt and shirt. Gap has met the needs of the masses. Their basic T-shirts, work shirts and jeans are cost-effective and a bit fashionable. 20 years later, this trend is far from enough. Over the years, Gap has also sought to cooperate with the designer of Roland Mouret and Pierre Hardy. However, it is still difficult to keep pace with the fast fashion industry. Losing the status of the global apparel retailer is only a matter of time. Now, the deadline is finally coming.
The terminator of Gap is Zara, Spain's fast fashion brand. Recently, it has jumped to the world's largest apparel retail brand with 1 billion 700 million euro sales, and its number of shops has surpassed Gap. "Zara is the most creative and powerful clothing retailing brand in the world." Louis Vuitton's fashion director Daniel Piette gives such an evaluation. As a fast fashion brand, Zara can give people a sense of high quality. It seems that the basic coat has many sexy and cutting details and can not help but inquire about its source. By contrast, Gap looks blurred. The speed of Internet information dissemination, the global production mode and consumption demand have caught it unprepared. Moreover, even in Gap's "basic" field, the Japanese casual wear brand UNIQLO, which has successfully entered the European and American market, has a strong trend of coming from behind. Besides, customers in Zara and other fast fashion chains can not easily find the white shirts and jeans that are desirable.
On the shelf of Zara, you can easily find "Marni" or "very Prada" clothes, but compared with other fast fashion brands, Zara's "borrowing" method is always faster, smarter and without trace. As we all know, Zara once every two weeks last time, new products, can not be sold off, it is the vogue of the public vane, before you wait for God, new products to shop.
There are a large number of career women in Zara's customers. For those young women who are involved in the workplace, Zara is a lifesaving straw. The budget of 100 Euros can help to get a fashionable suit and a pair of comfortable high-heeled shoes. Emma Soames, editor in chief of the British magazine Saga, spent about 150 euros this season to buy two Zara linen Pleated Dress. They were both formal and boring, and won a lot of praise. "Now people will not make a fuss about you wearing Zara, they will only be jealous of themselves, why they did not buy it." Emma said that Zara turnover is fast, so there is no need to worry about crash shirts.
It's hard for you to sum up a so-called "Zara style" because it always follows the trend and lacks self definition, which is its brand philosophy. However, it also has important points, such as heavy coat, double breasted windbreaker, evening dress suit and so on.
Compared with Topshop, H&M and other competitors, Zara spends less on advertising than it can believe, accounting for only 0.3% of turnover. In fashion, this figure is at least around 4%. In Zara's view, the rapidly changing window display is more effective than the celebrity spokesperson. It has also proved that it is not fashionable to invite Sarah Jessica Parker and Madonna as spokesmen.
Zara's low-key strategy may be related to the character of Amancio Ortega Gaona, the founder of the brand. The 72 year old Spanish railway worker's son is currently ranked seventh in Forbes's list of world's richest men. He lives in an isolated world. He has little news and even only one portrait. It is widely rumored that he is fully involved in the operation and design of Zara, and even the fabric must be touched before making a decision. But because no one interviewed him, everything was just a rumor.
In 1975, he opened his first store in Galicia, Spain. In 1984, he met programmer Jose Castellano. The computer wizard designed an advanced production and distribution system for him. It only takes 10 days to change clothes from sketches to new stores. Zara's 200 young designers are responsible for inspiring the T platform on drawings and tailors. This is fast fashion.
"When Zara entered Britain in 1999, our clothing retailers had only 3 or 4 new goods a year. Every week, the Zara of new products makes the British clothing industry rush around. Maureen Hinton, a retail analyst at Verdict Research UK, said. Zara pinched its design, production and distribution into its own hands. 50% of the garments were produced in the Galicia plant and half of the rest of Europe and Asia. They only outsource T-shirts and other basic funds. At least half of all other fast fashion brands are produced in Asia. As a result, Zara rarely causes allegations of sweatshops.
Zara pays more attention to the design team than its rivals. Women's wear department, men's wear department and children's wear department have their own spacious design rooms with French windows, while most of them have only one design team. Zara also has an efficient product management system. If a branch store is out of stock, the store manager can.
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