Zara and her Sisters: The Story of the World’s Largest Clothing Retailer

Author:   E. Badía
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9780230229914


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   31 July 2009
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   E. Badía
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.628kg
ISBN:  

9780230229914


ISBN 10:   0230229913
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   31 July 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Prologue Introduction A Place Called Arteixo... An Entrepreneur Called Ortega... And Some Ideas Gestating A Family From a Garage in Search of Gaps in the Sector The Concept Takes Shape: Manufacture Becomes Industrial Market and Customer the Start and Finish of Everything The First Attempt to Open a Shop Doesn't Take... but the success of Zara Can be Seen Logistics: The Challenge of Marrying Production and Distribution Thinking Big: Galicia is too Small... And Spain, too Concepts Aimed at Reaching Everybody: Adding Chains On the Road to the Stock Exchange The Market Price Isla for Castellano. The Light and Shade of a Scare in the Form of a Crisis A Model for Management Amancio, Inditex and the Future ... With the Family? Epilogue Appendix Notes

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Reviews for the Spanish Edition: 'The author of this book clarifies all legends about Zara in order to explain the key to success of a company that at first sold housecoats and later on has become the second biggest clothes seller in the world.' - El Pais 'Analyzing in detail the history of a company, especially if it is on active service, represents a very important action for those who have already begun to build their own businesses, work in other sectors but want to know more about other cases.' - ABC


Reviews for the Spanish Edition: 'The author of this book clarifies all legends about Zara in order to explain the key to success of a company that at first sold housecoats and later on has become the second biggest clothes seller in the world.' - El Pais 'Analyzing in detail the history of a company, especially if it is on active service, represents a very important action for those who have already begun to build their own businesses, work in other sectors but want to know more about other cases.' - ABC


Reviews for the Spanish Edition: 'The author of this book clarifies all legends about Zara in order to explain the key to success of a company that at first sold housecoats and later on has become the second biggest clothes seller in the world.' - El Pais 'Analyzing in detail the history of a company, especially if it is on active service, represents a very important action for those who have already begun to build their own businesses, work in other sectors but want to know more about other cases.' - ABC


Reviews for the Spanish Edition: 'The author of this book clarifies all legends about Zara in order to explain the key to success of a company that at first sold housecoats and later on has become the second biggest clothes seller in the world.' - El Pais 'Analyzing in detail the history of a company, especially if it is on active service, represents a very important action for those who have already begun to build their own businesses, work in other sectors but want to know more about other cases.' - ABC


Author Information

ENRIQUE BADÍA has had extensive experience in both journalistic and business areas. As well as a career in radio, Badía has worked for the Spanish journal El País, he was the vice-editor of the economic Spanish journal Cinco Días, the editor and publisher of Cambio 16, the editor of Diario 16, the press office director of the Chairmanship of INI, Instituto Nacional de Industria, (National Institute of Industry), the press office director of the Chairmanship of Iberia, the director of Acesa (Spanish motorway management and mobility services company), the managing director of the Spanish consultant company EFM, the assistant director of the Chairmanship of Airtel and the director of the CMT (Telecommunications Market Commission). He is a consultant, economic analyst and a regular media columnist. He is also the author of Rumasa (Planeta, 1983) and a member of the editorial board of LID since 1996.

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