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In the fashion industry everything is about change and changing trends. It is a fast-paced business with short product life cycles and immediate customer response.
H&M and Zara are well known for delivering the latest designs to customers, partly in collaboration with famous fashion designers, at affordable prices. Both H&M and Zara are famous for their ‘fast fashion’—their ability to respond quickly to changing market trends with new collections—in a manner that appears to be different to the rest of the industry. Their success in this industry can be seen to rest on their strategic positioning and specific strategic and threshold capabilities
ZARA's external and internal enviroment. This presentation covers the main characteristics of ZARA, a general view of fast fashion indystry, Porters' Five Forces Analysis, competitors' external environment as well as a complete internal analysis regarding:competences, capabilities, resources, competitive advantage,value chain and outsourcing.
We were to create an IMC plan in order to execute our strategies for H&M. We created a new campaign with a "home sweet home" theme in order to expand their H&M Home line in other major cities. We also made recommendations for H&M in terms of PR, media, advertising, and etc. This is a PDF version of our IMC plan that also includes designs of our H&M Home Loyalty program cards, advertisement, and screenshot examples of social media. Template/designs by Savannah Kuang and loyalty program design by Mekynzi Sotello.
The project conducted both quantitative and qualitative research, developed a target audience and marketing message recommendation for rebranding The Gap.
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Application of different tools such as CAGE framework and market entry strategies id different developing & developed economies and evaluating the success of Zara in India
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The project is a study on how Vertical Integration as a supply chain strategy has worked for Zara in emerging as a fast fashion system. It also focuses on analyzing the competitive advantages and the challenges of implementing Vertical Integration for Zara.
This initial statement is a plan to disclose the intention of beginning a Zara Store in within a new market. Zara is an international retail company that deals in clothing and accessories. The company is based in Spain and was founded in 1975. Currently it has several stores in different parts of the world especially Europe and the Middle East where majority of its stores are located. Zara being a successful company within the area of clothing and accessories, it can easily develop a new product and make impressive sales in short time. There are number of brands and the company sales in its stores including the famous pull and bear, and Massimo Dutti . Each year, the company launches new designs of cloths to keep up with the trend in the fashion industry and to deliver the needs and wants of its customers. The designs are based on both local and worldwide fashion trends.
Because the company has established a well known brand in the fashion industry worldwide, opening another store in any new market will not be a big issue for the company. It is for this reason that the company should open a new store in Melbourne Australia to expand its market. Currently, the customers within this particular target market are offered with a variety of attire to choose from, many local and international brands are already available in the market. Considering the fact that Melbourne is such a diverse place, it would be nice to give the dwellers a taste of indigenous fashion and clothing material from other parts of the world .
Application of different tools such as CAGE framework and market entry strategies id different developing & developed economies and evaluating the success of Zara in India
Zara, the leading clothing and accessories brand based in Spain, is ruling the fashion market for more than 40 years now. Zara now has become synonymous to fast and affordable fashion items.
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Strategic Plan Part III: Balanced Scorecard and Communication Plan
Strategic Plan Part III
Introduction
Strategic objectives are valuable parameters used in indicating the ambition of any business organization. Normally, an organization’s ambition is contained in its mission, vision statements. Therefore, the paper illustrates the strategic objectives summary of the firm about its new slim smartphone product in the market.
Shareholder Value
Market share of the company. The company will increase its market share by 15% by August, 2018 through product differentiation and customer focused programs. The expected growth in gross revenue will be to achieve additional of $ 14m by November, 2020, and increasing the net margin by 15% by same year. Reduce overhead cost by 5% by 1st August, 2020. Moreover, the company will strive to improve its profitability by 12% by 1st December, 2018 through product differentiation and offering high quality smart phones at competitive prices. By leveraging on the chic model and new innovative technology, the company will achieve production efficiency thus improves its production capacity by 5% by 1st November, 2018. This create a competitive edge against rival firms in the industry (Sweeney, 2011).
Customer Value
The firm will conduct customer survey on overall satisfaction score of 85% by December, 2019. Increasing the average number of customers using the smartphones in the new market segments. Winning at least two industry award for customer service satisfaction by 1st January, 2018 and attract more customer base especially the middle and low-income earners through high quality mobile product at a much more affordable cost. These efforts will greatly improve the firm’s customer retention capacity as well as gaining new market share.
Internal Operations
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Learning and Growth (Employee)
The firm will launch the new slim smartphone in the market in new emerging market segments arising from the increase in middle income customer base in world economies especially in the developing countries. Ensure that our new slim smart phone is classified as the best in the market through addition of important features that will impress the customers. As a way of motivating the workforce, the company will be in place a comprehensive employee compensation programs by 4 ...
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1 Outline for Completing the Marketing Plan Assignment .docxfelicidaddinwoodie
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Outline for Completing the Marketing Plan Assignment
MKT501– Strategic Marketing
Use this format to plan your research and complete the SLP assignments. Your final paper in
module 4 SLP should follow this outline. Note that the letters “a, b, c…” and the numbers “i, ii,
iii, iv…” in the outline below are used to show the major issues you need to include in your
paper and you should not use these letters and numbers to organize your paper.
Cover Page (1 page)
a. Marketing plan title
b. Course title and number
c. Your name and date
d. Name of Instructor
e. Executive Summary (2 pages maximum)
f. Summary of what plan is designed to achieve
g. Summary of key elements of internal environment and external environment
analysis (only points that are relevant to understanding the action plan, only the
point, not the analysis)
h. Summary of prescribed goals and strategic approach to achieving them.
i. Summary of key actions that are outlined.
Table of Contents (as many pages as needed)
I. Product Statement (2 pages maximum)
j. Describe the company/organization
k. Provide brief background of the organization
l. Describe charge you have for this marketing plan
m. Provide a brief overview of what issue you are studying, and how a marketing
perspective can help address the issue.
II. Situation Analysis (3‐6 pages)
NOTE: only include sections which are relevant to your charge. The relevance of
each section of analysis should be clear to the reader.
a. External Environment Analysis
i. Context Analysis
Industry forces that might impact success of any actions taken
ii. Competitor Analysis
Any organization or message which may prevent any actions
taken from being successful
iii. Technological and Economical situation Analysis
iv. Political, legal and cultural Analysis
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b. Customer Environment Analysis
i. Customer Analysis
ii. Collaborator Analysis
c. Internal Environment Analysis
i. Company Analysis
III. SWOT Analysis (3‐6 pages)
a. Strengths and Weaknesses(Internal)
i. Strengths
ii. Weaknesses
b. Opportunities and Threats (External)
i. Opportunities
ii. Threats
c. SWOT Table
IV. Issues Analysis (2 pages maximum)
a. Given your complete marketing analysis, what are the key issues which the
company/organization must understand in order to address the charge that is
being considered?
i. NOTE: This section concisely identifies the most important issues and
decisions that the organization is likely to face when trying to promote
the product in your charge
Bullet points (or numbered statements) are acceptable.
V. Goals and Objectives (2 pages maximum)
a. The goals and objectives should be stated clearly and concisely
i. (Think S.M.A.R.T.).
b. Do not “Discuss” the goals/objectives. Just present them.
i. Each goal/objective should be easily understood given your ...
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Learning outcomes:
1. Understand the contribution of various functional areas e.g. production, marketing, purchasing and supply management to the overall well-being of the organization (Lo 1.2.)
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Assignment Questions: (5 Marks)
Based on the text about TOMS Shoes Company, answer the following questions:
1) What is the competitive strategy used by TOMS Shoes Company? (1 mark)
2) Identify opportunities and threats as well as strengths and weakness of the company .(illustrate them within a table ) (2 marks)
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Marketing
Sunil Gupta, Series Editor
Framework for
Marketing Strategy
Formation
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 3
2 Essential Reading ......................................................................................... 5
2.1 Overview of Marketing Strategy Formation ............................... 6
2.2 Analysis Underlying Marketing Strategy Formation ............... 7
Customer Analysis ................................................................................ 7
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Preliminary International Marketing Report: Brand Promotion
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Marquita Watkins
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August 8, 2018
Introduction
I am currently the consultant for Trukfit Clothing Enterprises who are responsible for the distribution of specialized/work-based clothing to various markets. The company itself specializes in manufacturing clothes suited for a particular profession or task. For instance, the company supplies to factory workers who are in need of specialized overalls and boots, additionally, the company also construction clothes to construction workers and so forth. The company is currently contemplating the possibility of expanding to the U.S market. As the consultant, I need to undergo intense research on the factors that need to be wholly considered when expanding into a foreign market. Proper analysis of the factors in question will be crucial if the company is to successfully penetrate the market. Failure is by all means, not an option.
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Market segmentation, as the term suggests, refers to the complete specialization of market demand based on the different tastes and requirements sported by specified individuals (Heakal, 2017). For instance, as per the clothing market, there are some groups who prefer sporting attire and clothes while there is a group, which prefers official wear in the likes of suits, ties and such. In such a scenario, the individual market is segmented into two groups, those that prefer sporting clothes and those, which prefer official wear. Additionally, it is important to note that overlapping across different segments often happens. For example, a person might prefer both sports clothes and official wear. In some scenarios, overlapping is not common or is even unheard of, for instance, men, in most cases, do not prefer women’s clothing. In light of the above, segmentation is often based on a number of factors including, income, age, sex, occupation, social styles and even lifestyles to some extent (Heakal, 2017). Overall consumer behavior is the main indicator of segmentation within a particular market. For Trukfit to be able to expand into the U.S market, it needs to learn about the consumer behavior that is present at the region. The company needs to know the overall tastes and preferences of workers and organizations within the region.
Segmentation will help the organization to identify ...
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H&M Strategic Recommendations in Depth
MSc Business and Management
Corporate Strategy Unit
2. H&M Strategic recommendations in depth | Vasiliki Evangelou
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Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary.................................................................................................................3
2 Introduction ............................................................................................................................3
3 Identification and Evaluation of Growth Strategies ...............................................................4
3.1 First direction of Growth- Investment and Growth.........................................................4
3.2 Second direction of growth .............................................................................................7
3.3 Third direction of Growth- Internationalization..............................................................9
4 Identification and Evaluation of Strategies for Internal Improvement and Turnaround.....10
4.1 Areas for improvement:.................................................................................................10
4.2 Performance management principals ...........................................................................11
4.3 Hoshin Kanri...................................................................................................................12
4.4 Business Process Re-engineering...................................................................................13
4.5 Balanced scorecard........................................................................................................14
4.6 Benchmarking analysis...................................................................................................16
5 Final Recommendations .......................................................................................................17
6 References ............................................................................................................................19
7 Appendices............................................................................................................................21
Appendix A- First direction BCG Model...............................................................................21
Appendix B- First direction GE McKinsey matrix .................................................................22
Appendix C- First direction Ashridge Portfolio Display........................................................24
Appendix D-Second direction Blue Ocean strategy.............................................................25
Strategy canvas .........................................................................................................25
Four actions framework............................................................................................26
Appendix E-Internationalization..........................................................................................27
Market Selection Process.................................................................................................27
Entry and Growth process ...............................................................................................29
Appendix F-BSC Scorecard...................................................................................................29
Appendix G-Benchmarking ..................................................................................................31
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1 Executive Summary
This report explores the identification and evaluation of the strategies that H&M might
adopt in order to increase its investments and growth, by utilizing BCG model and
prioritizing the investments by exploiting GE McKinsey, Ashridge model. Moreover, for the
growth of the company, among the available frameworks, the one of Blue Ocean Strategy
was implemented because a free slot of innovation was identified. Furthermore, H&M’s
internationalization opportunities were identified by assessing the attractiveness of the
market through PESTEL analysis, CAGE framework and competitive characteristics. Besides,
the report provides a detailed analysis of potential areas of internal improvements and
implementation strategies.
Therefore, the analysis highlights the final recommendations that H&M should adopt for
gaining a sustainable competitive advantage. The company should invest, firstly in
sportswear growth, secondly, in the introduction of products in the market segment of over
60 aged population, thirdly, in the expansion of internationalization by entering the Indian
market and finally, in increasing the presence of H&M’s sub-brand names.
2 Introduction
The purpose of this report is to identify, assess the opportunities within the global fast
fashion industry which is classified as very intense and recommend strategies that can lead
H&M to gain a sustainable competitive advantage within the market. Although, the core
strategic business units, that generate high profits, are women, men and kids’ clothing,
H&M should enter new market segments and introduce new products in order to compete
against its rivals. Moreover, even though the company is a big multinational company,
however, there are markets where it has zero or weak presence. Furthermore, the
organization should reconsider processes or activities that follows for improving their
effectiveness on business performance.
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3 Identification and Evaluation of Growth Strategies
3.1 First direction of Growth- Investment and Growth
H&M retails a variety of products, therefore, its SBUs are identified as it follows in Figure 1.
The identification of the following strategies was effected by the general division that exists
within the global fast fashion industry and by the available data which are provided by
reliable sources in order to produce the report.
Figure 1. H&M Strategic Business Units (Johnson et al., 2014, p.59)
According to the above division, the global fast fashion industry generated revenues of US
$2026 billion in 2013 reaching an increase of growth rate 3% from 2012 when its revenues
were US $1974bn. Moreover, H&M constitutes a profitable company in the market which
met a significant growth rate of 7% between 2012-2013 (Figure 2) by holding approximately
the 1% of the market share in the global industry (Global Apparel, 2013).
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Figure 2. Revenues for the Global Apparel Industry and H&M worldwide (Global Apparel,
2013)
In Appendix A, B and C a detailed analysis can be found regarding BCG model, GE McKinsey
matrix and Ashridge portfolio display. An overall assessment of the company’s growth
direction follows below (Figure 3) which was produced according to the mentioned
frameworks.
As core strategic business unit of H&M is indicated the section of womenswear, which has
the highest profits and concentrates 50% of total revenues, whereas in the global industry,
womenswear encloses 34% of profits (Market size statistics, 2015). Its growth rate might
mean that it might require a significant investment and will consequently be a cash user.
However, because the womenswear market has high market shares, it will generate large
amounts of cash. Thus, H&M in order to maintain its position in terms of profitability it
should expand its market and increase customer loyalty in womenswear unit that may lead
to the increase of buying frequency. In addition, menswear is considered as ‘cash cow’ since
is the second highest profitable unit (Market size statistics, 2015). According to the Ashridge
portfolio display, both of these units continue to add value to the company and might
remain at the core of future strategy, thus, they are classified as ‘heartland businesses’.
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Consequently, H&M should utilise womenswear and menswear sustainable profits as ‘cash
cows’, firstly in order to support kids’ wear, which even though is classified as ‘question
marks’ and performs the highest growth rate +13% (2012-2013), however, it is threatened
by private label products, where grocery retailers have invested in the improvement of kids’
clothes quality (H&M Hennes & Mauritz in retailing, 2014). Additionally, this business unit is
not an unknown area for the organization, since it is located in the ‘edge of heartland
businesses’. Furthermore, H&M should improve hosiery that is located to ‘question marks’
and performs the second highest growth rate +12% (2012-2013) of the organization that
might be a worthy investment because hosiery has benefited from the recession due to
their affordability and popularity as gift items.
Furthermore, in the global apparel industry sportswear constitute the 12% of total sales and
possess a very dynamic part, whilst, in H&M this category holds the 1% of total revenues
and has the lowest growth rate of 4%. The increasing tendency of customers to be more
health aware might be a potential opportunity for the organization to provide customers
with sportswear in fast fashion industry. Finally, fast fashion retailers, such as GAP, attempt
to enter vigorously the sportswear market, whereas, sportswear colossus, such as Adidas,
enter the fast fashion industry with a variety of offered lines. Therefore, the lines between
sportswear and fashion are difficultly distinguished (H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, 2014).
When it comes to footwear and apparel accessories both are identified as harvest, showing
low levels of attractiveness, consequently, H&M should be focused on maintaining these
lines, in order to fulfil the broader needs of its customer base and mitigate competition, by
allowing customers seeking goods in other sources. Even though hosiery, apparel
accessories and footwear are areas well-understandable for the company, there is designing
and marketing experience, however, they are considered as supplementary products of the
main units of clothing and might not generate high amounts of profits (H&M Hennes &
Mauritz in retailing, 2014).
Thus, the company may develop on kids or sports clothing and hosiery by introducing
products diversification, increasing the range of seasonal products markets or segments and
encouraging the purchasing frequency.
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Figure 3. BCG Model, GE McKinsey Matrix and Ashridge Portfolio Display (Lynch, 2006)
3.2 Second direction of growth
H&M can minimize the intense competition within the industry by developing suitable
strategies. Looking the global fast fashion industry and H&M, an intense competition is
identified, therefore it is crucial for H&M to look for ways that would enable the company to
compete against no one but themselves. Consequently was found that the best strategy is
the one of Blue Ocean (Figure 4).
In Appendix D the strategy canvas and the four actions framework are explored. The
strategy canvas is implemented by taking into account the following critical success factors
for assessing H&M performance with this of closest rival (Zara & Gap) including: price,
number of stores, location, marketing, new launches, quality, online services, ease of
shopping, return policy, time and effort, product variety and product quantity and products
for +60 aged population. In order to draw the strategy canvas, Porters’ Five Forces,
resources and core competencies were considered, however, the rating of the performance
was an estimation looking at the results related to each factor.
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The analysis points out the following suggestions related to the Blue Ocean Strategy:
Looking at H&M’s closest rivals, one can note that fast fashion retailers provide customers
with a variety of products for different segments, seeking to expand their activities in
existing markets. However, there are areas that might be covered within the overall apparel
industry but have not been explored by fast fashion retailers. Although fast fashion is a well-
structured industry, there is a lack of customization in the offered products or services that
might give H&M the opportunity to expand its businesses, in order to attract new customer
segments.
H&M and its competitors are focused on providing products and services for young and
fashionable populations. However, the strategic review highlighted that, it is expected that
the proportion of global population aged 60 will increase by 21% and especially in Europe
the percentage will reach 35%. Furthermore, the company might be influenced by this
target group that will hold the superior spending power of customers. Hence, H&M should
influence this segment by launching orientated products for over 60-age population.
However, in order to succeed in its core customer base (young and fashionable) retention,
who trust the brand name as a fashion retailer, H&M may introduce large scales of products
focused on over 60 aged population, by creating a new sub-brand name in order to maintain
customers’ perception for the brand, whereas all the manufacturing process will remain as
is.
Figure 4. Strategy canvas (Johnson et al., 2014, p.59)
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3.3 Third direction of Growth- Internationalization
Even though H&M constitutes a big multinational company that operates in many countries
across the world and its vision is to increase annually the number of stores by 10%-15%
(About our commitments, n.d.), however, there are markets that have not been yet
approached. Based on the analysis of resources and core competences, H&M has a
significant experience in implementing globalization strategies, which is proved by the fact
that it operates in 55 markets. Moreover, its recognisability as brand name facilitates the
company, in order to penetrate in new markets, having the trust of its customers and
stakeholders. Thus, strategic review reveals that the organization has zero presence in
Indian market.
In Appendix E an integrated analysis, which explores the market selection and entry/growth
process, can be found. Moreover, an overall assessment of this analysis is being exploited
below.
India experienced a significant growth rate in apparel industry in 2012, estimated at US$48
billion and even though the global industry life cycle is identified at the mature stage, Indian
apparel market is in growth phase. As well as, various governments’ initiatives, such as
measurements for 100% direct investment by foreign countries in opening new companies,
facilitate the decision making of large organizations entering India. Although, it might be
considered as an unapproachable market because of the different social norms, according
to the social-cultural factors of PESTEL analysis (Appendix E), Indian population is highly
impacted by the western lifestyle and particularly on clothing style (H&M Hennes & Mauritz
AB in Apparel, 2014).
Additionally, the implementation of CAGE framework indicates, that, in terms of cultural
distance between the company and the new market, India and Bangladesh that hold the
biggest part of manufacturing process, seek to find an agreement that would support both
sides to gain a greater access to their road, railway and port networks (Ethirajan, 2012).
Besides, when it comes to competitive characteristics Zara has already expanded in 2010 its
operation in India as part of a joint venture with Tata group (Global Apparel, 2013).
Furthermore, H&M is benefited by India regarding another factor which is proximity
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between the suppliers and selling channels, in addition to Zara’s manufacturers that are
located in Europe (Fashion chain Zara, 2010).
H&M obtains already its resources for entering in the Indian market. However, the
organization should invest in well-experienced personnel within this market, for generating
new products, orientated to this specific customer base and promoting its new strategy and
activities in order to attract customers.
Consequently, India constitutes an opportunity for H&M to increase its profits, making it a
valid business investment, following the same entry mode as Zara, to joint venture, which
has been identified as successful strategy. This type partnership should allow the company
to enter this new spatial market, gain new capacity and expertise, for a market that is
characterised for its unique special unique characteristics.
4 Identification and Evaluation of Strategies for Internal
Improvement and Turnaround
All the implemented frameworks related to the identification and evaluation of strategies
for the internal improvement can be found below and in Append F & G.
4.1 Areas for improvement:
Based on the detailed analysis in Appendix F, the areas that are prone to improvement are
the following:
1. Increase of presence of sub-brands name
H&M collaborates with other global brands, which have a limited or weak presence in the
industry, keeping the company as the dominant brand within the market. Although, H&M
started changing this tendency by introducing new labels, such as, ‘& other stories’, it
should introduce new labels that are focused on providing specific types of wears, such as,
innerwear, for attracting a wider range of customers (Global Apparel, 2013)
2. Expand online market coverage and sales
Although there is a rapid development of online market and its penetration in apparel
industry is significantly high, H&M’s online channel covers 13 out of 55 markets (H&M
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group, n.d.). Zara, that counts almost the one-second of H&M’ stores, has expanded its
operations in 27 markets meeting the needs and expectations of the ‘omnichannel’
customers (H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB in Apparel, 2014). Accordingly, H&M should develop
activities for expanding online market coverage and sales.
Furthermore, H&M should improve its manufacturing and distribution processes, however,
both areas may require a significant amount of expenses in order to be implemented.
3. Increase the development of eco-friendly production
H&M has already developed its manufacturing for improving its environmental
performance, reducing resources’ scarcity and increasing the utilization of recycling clothes,
through a series of activities. In spite these initiatives, H&M should take into account
additional actions, such as, set up limitations in the cotton usage or use alternative sources
of energy for its products’ distribution (Waste management, n.d.).
4. Transfer manufacturing process from outsource to in-house
The strategic review illustrates that H&M provides mixed products with a range of basic and
seasonal products that are produced in high volumes, while new launched clothes, that
follow changes of trends, are fabricated in smaller volumes. The company has adopted as
manufacturing process the outsourcing. H&M collaborates with a wide number of
independent suppliers with the assurances about the quality of products and the production
offices seek to ensure sustainable working conditions for its employees. The average supply
lead times vary from three weeks up to six months, depending on the nature of the goods.
However, the fact that the outsourcing production may compose a potential threat for the
organization, it could lead to the consideration of transferring its production closest to
Western Europe, that constitutes the core of the business, in order to have the absolute
control of the production process, increase the lead times and decrease distribution costs.
4.2 Performance management principals
The following diagram (Figure 5) depicts what managers should take into account before
starting the actions for the improvement of the first two areas that are described in section
4.1. The selection regarding the improvement’s actions is limited to the first two actions
because they are the less costly for the organization.
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Figure 5. Performance management (Johnson et al., 2014, p.283)
4.3 Hoshin Kanri
Hoshin Kanri will be used for improving the scale of presence of sub-brand names within the
market. The whole process is depicted in the following map (Figure 6) that is divided into
three parts -policy owner, objectives and means- and is referred to the objectives
breakthrough, regarding the activity which is identified that is needed to be improved.
Overall, each part of the organization, from the top floor (CEO) to the plant floor
(operators), should have an active role for succeeding the increase of H&M’s sub-brand
names in the market. Moreover, the objectives are prioritized according to the available
resources of the organization, therefore, H&M should be focused on the following elements
including: increase of customer loyalty, improvement of in store customer experience,
service and product quality development and products’ variation, production process
improvement. Besides, every objective is interrelated and the CEO needs to make the
annual diagnosis (Lynch, 2006).
The core benefit of Hoshin Kanri process is the involvement of every specific employee in
understanding the direction of the company and improving its performance for succeeding
the targets.
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Figure 6. Hoshin Kanri Process-Objectives breakthrough (Lynch, 2006)
4.4 Business Process Re-engineering
The process that will be evaluated, in terms of re-engineering, is the one of production.
Even though H&M operates for decades in outsource manufacturing, however, the current
process (Figure 7) should be improved in order to mitigate the social or environmental risks.
Figure 7. H&M production process description (Production process, n.d.)
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Following the above diagram of the production process, the steps that should be improved
and the suggestion that might be adopted for succeeding the improvement, are described in
the table below:
Step Re-design
Educational program in communities
Micro-credit
Suppliers to become carbon neutral
Eco-buildings
Minimize water scarcity
Improve employees working conditions
Shipping Truck running with bio-gas
Relocation for reducing carbon-emissions
Build green infrastructures
Magazines and catalogues as tool of
customer relationship management
Sustainable alternatives for paper issues
Re-use bags
Expansion of the online channels expansion
Recycle clothing stock
Create stock outlets
Organic cotton farming
Spinning-knitting-dyeing-
cutting & sewing
Warehouse
Marketing
Sales
Final disposal
(Fashion futures 2025, 2010)
Therefore, the implementation of the mentioned suggestions may lead H&M to increase its
social responsibility and reduce the environmental impact of production process. Both are
estimated that will improve the customers’ perception of the brand. Every stage of the
production process until delivering to the customers, must be implemented and controlled
by different departments that are involved, however, a team must be formulated, in order
to secure the implementation of the processes as well as the successful completion of the
project.
4.5 Balanced scorecard
In Appendix F is produced as a result of an integrated analysis of the selected factors for
each of the four perspectives that might be included in balanced scorecard. Thus, the
following table points out firstly the decided objectives and secondly, what the company
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should measure for achieving them, the targets that should be utilized for controlling the
scales of the successfulness and finally, what are the initiatives that H&M should take.
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4.6 Benchmarking analysis
Following are what results H&M’s closest rival, Zara, performs regarding the areas that are
identified in the 4.1.
1. Specialist brands
Zara has achieved to attract a wider range of customers by introducing new labels that are
focused on providing specific types of wears, such as, Oysho that operates in underwear
market (H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB in Apparel, 2014).
2. Online market
The closest rival of the organization counts almost the one-second of H&M’ stores, has
expanded its operations in 27 markets meeting the needs and expectations of the
‘omnichannel’ customers (H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB in Apparel, 2014).
3. Development of eco-friendly production
Zara has implemented similar actions as H&M in order to reduce the impact on the
environment. Both companies are classified as C- Label in terms of their environmental
sustainability (How sustainable is Zara, n.d.).
4. Manufacturing process
H&M’s core competitor produces the 60% of its products, by owing in-house manufacturing
and has the ability to be flexible in the amount, frequency and variety of the offered lines.
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5 Final Recommendations
The analysis above highlights that there are opportunities that H&M should exploit in order
to generate more profits and obtain a sustainable competitive advantage against its rivals.
Therefore, the following strategies are recommended:
H&M should exploit the opportunity that is arisen from the increasing tendency of
customers to be more health aware might be a potential opportunity which might meet a
future high growth rate. Therefore, the company should give a quick response to its rivals,
such as Gap, that have already started investing in sportswear unit.
The firm should invest in entering a new market, the one of the over 60 aged population,
which is predicted that will constitute a customer segmentation, with high spending power
in comparison with the core young and fashionable customers. H&M may introduce large
scales of products focused on this customer segmentation, by creating a new sub-brand
name for succeeding the maintenance of the main customer base perception for the brand,
whereas all the manufacturing process will remain the same as is.
H&M should enter the Indian market. That is because it is identified, that when it comes to
the apparel industry life cycle, that is in growth stage. Specifically, India experienced a
significant growth rate in apparel industry in 2012, estimated at US$48 billion. The Indian
market is considered as unapproachable, because even though social norms are classified as
3rd Strategy Internationalization
Entry to Indian Market- Joint Venture
2nd Strategy of Growth Blue Ocean Strategy
+60 aged population
1st Strategy of Growth & Investment
Increase sportswear growth & investment
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dominant, however, youth customers’ lifestyle is influenced by the Western trends. For
entering the market H&M is recommended to implement a strategic alliance, the one of
joint venture, because this partnership should allow the company to enter this new spatial
market, gain new capacity and expertise, for a market that is characterised for its unique
special unique characteristics.
H&M should invest on the H&M collaborates with other global brands, which have a limited
or weak presence in the industry, keeping the company as the dominant brand within the
market. Although, H&M started changing this tendency by introducing new labels, such as,
‘& other stories’, it should introduce new labels that are focused on providing specific types
of wears, such as, innerwear, for attracting a wider range of customers and improving the
scale of presence of the existing sub-brand names within the market.
4th Strategy for Internal Improvement
Increase the presence of H&M’s sub-brand
names
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6 References
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strategy: Text & cases (10th ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
Lynch, R. L. (2006). Corporate strategy (4th ed.). Harlow, England: FT/Prentice Hall
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http://sustainability.hm.com/en/sustainability/commitments/reduce-reuse-recycle/waste-
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Figure 1. H&M Strategic Business Units. Johnson, G., Whittington, R., Scholes, K.,
Angwin, D., Regnér, P., & Pyle, S. (2014). Exploring strategy: Text & cases (10th
ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
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Figure 2. Revenues for the Global Apparel Industry and H&M worldwide. Global
Apparel (Part 2): Category dynamics and competitive advantage. (2013).
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Figure 3. BCG Model, GE McKinsey Matrix and Ashridge Portfolio Display. Lynch,
R. L. (2006). Corporate strategy (4th ed.). Harlow, England: FT/Prentice Hall
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Figure 4. Strategy canvas. Johnson, G., Whittington, R., Scholes, K., Angwin, D.,
Regnér, P., & Pyle, S. (2014). Exploring strategy: Text & cases (10th ed.). Harlow:
Pearson Education Limited.
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Figure 5. Performance management. Johnson, G., Whittington, R., Scholes, K.,
Angwin, D., Regnér, P., & Pyle, S. (2014). Exploring strategy: Text & cases (10th
ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
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Figure 6. Hoshin Kanri Process-Objectives breakthrough. Lynch, R. L. (2006).
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Figure 7. H&M production process description. Production process. (n.d.).
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hm/idea-to-store/production-process.html
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7 Appendices
Appendix A- First direction BCG Model
The core SBU of H&M is identified womenswear which has the highest profits and
concentrates 50% of total revenues, whereas in global industry womenswear encloses the
34% of profits. Additionally, the increase of the growth rate by 9% (2012-2013) might be due
to the global economic recession and the changing of purchasing attitudes, but also looking
at the social-cultural factors, customers tend to purchase fashionable clothes in reasonable
prices. Its growth rate might mean that they will need major investments and will therefore
be cash users. However, because womenswear have high market shares, they will generate
large amounts of cash. Therefore, the company should utilise womenswear profits in order
to support kids’ wear, which is classified as question marks and is threatened by the private
label products, where grocery retailers have invested in the improvement of kids’ clothes
quality.
Additionally, in cash cows side, menswear is located, which is the firm’s second highest
profitable unit and is predicted to be increased, due to the fact that men’s fashion offers a
considerable opportunity, because fashion trends have changed. Besides, men are more
familiar in purchasing via online channels and modified their purchasing behaviour because
of the competition in the working environment.
Therefore, the organization may support hosiery and footwear that is located to question
marks and performs the second highest growth rate and might be a worth investment
because hosiery and footwear have been strengthened by the recession due to their
affordability and popularity as gift items. In the global apparel industry sportswear
composes the 12% of total sales, whilst, in H&M this category holds the 1% of total
revenues and has the lowest growth rate 4%. H&M sportswear are identified as dogs,
however, the increasing tendency of customers to be more health cautious might be a
future potential opportunity for the organization to provide customers with sportswear
through the fast fashion industry.
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Figure 1. BCG matrix (Lynch, 2006, p.131)
Appendix B- First direction GE McKinsey matrix
H&M SBUs were assessed based on selected industry attractiveness factors and the
business position in terms of SBUs competitive strengths against H&M rivals.
The factors that were taken into account for the two variables for implementing GE
McKinsey matrix are for:
o Industry attractiveness: industry growth rate, industry profitability, macro-
environment, price levels
o Competitive strengths: growth, profitability, customer loyalty, market share
In the following table is assessed each strategic business unit according to the selected
factors:
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The analysis indicates that four (menswear, kids’ wear, sportswear and hosiery) out of the
seven units are classified as hold. Particularly, menswear profitability encompasses a
sustainable competitive advantage for the company, however, its growth rate by +3%
(2012-2013) is the lowest among the H&M SBUs. Therefore, the organization should invest
on the further development of menswear by providing a wider range of products. Besides,
H&M regarding kids’ wear and hosiery performs the highest growth rate +13% and + 12%
respectively, however, it generates low levels of revenues. In terms of sportswear, although
its influence on the global industry is by 12% of total revenues, H&M has the lowest market
share and access. Thus, the company may develop on kids or sports clothing and hosiery by
introducing products diversification, increasing the range of seasonal products markets or
segments and encouraging the purchasing frequency.
Womenswear unit is located to growth stage, which points out that for maintaining its
position in profitability the company should definitely expand its market and increase
customer loyalty that may lead to the increase of buying frequency. When it comes to
footwear and apparel accessories both are identified as harvest, showing low levels of
attractiveness, consequently, H&M should be focused on maintaining these units, in order
to fulfil the broader needs of its customer base and mitigate competition, by allowing
customers seeking goods in other sources.
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Figure 2. GE McKinsey matrix (Lynch, 2006, p.133)
Appendix C- First direction Ashridge Portfolio Display
H&M’s core business units are women and men clothing which designate the fact that the
organization has a significant experience. Both units continues to add value to the company
and might remain at the core of future strategy, therefore, they are classified as heartland
business.
Moreover, hosiery, apparel accessories and footwear is an area well-understandable for the
company, there is designing and marketing experience, however, are considered as
supplementary products of the main units of clothing. Thus, they are classified as ballast
business units. Finally, sportswear is identified as value trap businesses. This unit may
constitute a potential opportunity for the organization, however, its current progress within
the company, the high levels of experience among its rivals shows that the company might
acquire new capabilities for launching new fashion trends for sports clothing in order to be
able to move value trap business unit into the heartland.
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Figure 3. Ashridge portfolio display (Lynch, 2006, p.133)
Appendix D-Second direction Blue Ocean strategy
Strategy canvas
In order to recommend a blue ocean strategy, the strategy canvas should be implemented
by taking into account the following critical success factors for assessing company’s
performance: price, number of stores, location, marketing, new launches, quality, online
services, ease of shopping, return policy, time and effort, product variety and product
quantity, products for +60 aged population.
The analysis indicates the following areas that H&M performs lower than its main rivals:
o The number of stores is high, however, there are markets that H&M does not have
until now access
o Closest rivals compete H&M with higher quality products
o The coverage of online market is limited in comparison with the markets where
H&M has access
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Whereas, there are specific areas that fast fashion industry has not invested in and derive
from the overall apparel industry, such as, products orientated to over 60-aged population
and customized products.
Figure 4. Strategy canvas (Johnson et al., 2014, p.58)
Four actions framework
Moreover, for creating new value curve the 4 actions framework is used, as it follows:
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Appendix E-Internationalization
Market Selection Process
The strategic review reveals that the organization has a zero presence in India.
The selection of the recommended market of India is assessed based on PESTEL analysis,
CAGE framework and competitive characteristics:
o PESTEL
- Political: Indian government has taken measurements that may facilitate global fast
fashion retailers to enter the market, such as 100% direct investment for foreign
countries that leads many international companies to decide to invest in India
(Apparel and Footwear in India, 2014).
- Economic: the global economic recession has not influenced Indian apparel and
footwear industry (Apparel and Footwear in India, 2014).
- Social-cultural: Indian population is impacted by the western lifestyle and
particularly by clothing style. This trend was noted in urban and rural regions but
also in small cities. Moreover, casual clothes gain the highest popularity and
acceptance by Indian young buyers that seem to be affected by the increasing
penetration of the western wears’ preferences in the film industry.
Furthermore, both young women and men are focused on fashion trends, however,
they are price cautious and they have a significant awareness of eco-friendly
products. India is also evaluated as the country with the highest score in terms of
gender inequality which is depicted in employees’ incomes. Specifically, men’s
disposable income approaches US$ 1,723, whereas women’s income is almost half
(US$ 697). Besides, Indian young and mid-lifers’ consumers are familiar in purchasing
via online channels. Finally, when it comes to late-lifers consumers, a category that is
expected to hold the 8.6% of Indian population by 2015, it has less spending power
and prefers to spend a notable proportion of their income in satisfying the needs of
their children (Consumer lifestyles in India, 2013).
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- Technological: India is classified globally as the third largest online user base after
China and the U.S (India has the lowest, 2014).
- Environmental: Many small enterprises have adopted the usage of refurbished
products. India has announced its contribution on an important investment of $1.3
trillion, in developing a sustainable technology in terms of the potential threats on
scarcity resources (Fashion futures 2025, n.d.).
- Legal: India has adopted a strong legislation for the protection of designers and
companies during the designing and marketing process (Karmakar, 2014, p. 23).
o CAGE framework
- Cultural distance: High context cultures like India, in terms of managerial behaviours
are focused on reputational and traditional factors and try to minimize any conflict
or risk that might be arisen by cooperation. Additionally, although there is a
significant difference between European and Indian languages, India is the second
largest country that its population speaks fluently the English (Masani, 2012).
Moreover, even though its religion or customs might different from the western
lifestyles, according to the PESTEL analysis, India has started changing its trends and
H&M suggested to introduce products closest to Indian culture, such as more
colourful clothes.
- Administrative and political distance: Based on PESTEL analysis, the government
attempts to facilitate other countries to have access in its markets.
- Geographical distance: The fact that India and Bangladesh that hold the biggest part
of manufacturing process, seek to find an agreement that would support both sides
to gain a greater access to their road, railway and port networks (Ethirajan, 2012).
- Economic distance: The unemployment rate in India had declined from 5.2% in 2012
to 4.9% in 2013, while in 2009 experienced a high percentage of 9.4% (India
unemployment rate, n.d.). India has been classified as the fourth largest economy in
terms of its economic growth, however, is still struggling with a low per capita
income (India 4th largest economy, 2012).
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o Competitive characteristics
According to the strategic review, the apparel industry life cycle is overall in the
mature stage, however, it seems that Indian market is classified in the growth stage.
Additionally, Zara has already expanded in 2010 its operation in India as part of a
joint venture with Tata group. Moreover, H&M is benefited by India regarding
another factor which is the proximity that there is between the suppliers and selling
channels, in comparison with Zara’s manufacturer that are located in Europe
(Fashion chain Zara, 2010).
Entry and Growth process
H&M possesses already the required resources for entering in the Indian market. However,
the organization should invest in well-experience personnel, for generating new products
orientated to this specific customer base and promoting its new strategy and activities, in
order to attract customers. H&M should follow the same entry mode, joint venture, as Zara
which has been identified as a success story for the organization.
Appendix F-BSC Scorecard
H&M strategy map includes the 4 factors of the balanced scorecard and is depicted as it
follows. Accordingly, the formulation of BSc will include the following factors.
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The objectives of the balanced scorecard are selected according to their importance and
added value to the company.
Customer perspective: takes the first place in H&M strategy map in order to
increase its revenue growth looking at the key stakeholder perspective because
customers choose the company for their clothing purchasing because it provides
fashionable products in reasonable prices through attractive stores.
Internal processes: Porter’s value chain analysis indicates that H&M’s supply chain
management can have a directly influence on the products’ prices and time to be
delivered in its stores. Moreover, the functionality of the supply chain is affected by
IT and partnership management. Besides, the designing process constitutes an
important key element because its responsibility is to gather customers’ feedback,
trends, and changes in purchasing habits in order to introduce products or services
that will be able to retain H&M customer base and attract new customers.
Learning and Growth: Every stage of products manufacturing and sales is influenced
by the personnel. Hence, a motivated and very well educated staff can generate
more profits for the company.
Objectives Measures Targets Initiatives
Key
Stakeholders
Perspective
Increase profits
ROE
increase ROE by 5% increase sales
Increase
Frequency
Sales/employee
increase by 6% increase productivity time
Customer
Perspective
Increase sales
Price
5% sales increase
The price of a bundle of
commonly bought items
could be tracked over time
and benchmarked against
selected competitors
Customer
satisfaction
Reduce the waiting time
between delivery and sale
and gather customers'
feedback through surveys
Attractive
stores
Gather customers' feedback
about the environment of
stores. The effectiveness of
a store refurbrishing can be
an indicator
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Internal
Process
Reduce production
cost
Supply
management
decrease of average
time by 6%
Decrease the average time
between order and delivery
Management
of partnerships
decrease the delay
time by 2%
Decrease the average order
delay time and measure
partners satisfaction
through surveys
Designing
process
decrease the process
time by 4%
Decrease of process time
between the products'
design and the time of the
massive production
Property
portfolio
management
decrease the
proportion of turnover
by 3%
Can be monitored by the
rental costs as a proportion
of turnover
Information
databases
decrease by 50% Decrease the average of
response time to user
queries and to proportion of
queries that are remaining
without response
Learning and
Growth
Develop better
selling skills Training
20% increase of sales
success rate after
training
Organize sales training
based on the needs of
employees
Reduce Employee
Turnover
Motivation
decrease of employees
turnover by 20%
Give awards to the
employees by formulating
different reasons for each
department
Develop better
customer service
Key skills
increase customers'
satisfaction by 15%
Upgrade key skills can be
monitored, such as the
number of training days per
employee
Appendix G-Benchmarking
5. Increase the presence of the specialist brands
- H&M collaborates with other global brands, however, they have a limited and weak
presence in the market keeping the company as the dominant brand. However,
H&M started changing this tendency by introducing new labels, such as, ‘& other
stories’.
- Whereas Zara has achieved to attract a wider range of customers by introducing new
labels that are focused on providing specific types of wears, such as, Oysho that
operates in underwear market (H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB in Apparel, 2014).
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6. Increase the development of eco-friendly production
- H&M has already developed its manufacturing for improving its environmental
performance, reducing resources’ scarcity and increasing the utilization of recycling
clothes, through a series of activities. In spite of these initiatives, H&M should take
into account additional actions, such as, set up limitations in the cotton usage or use
alternative sources of energy for products’ distribution (Waste management, n.d.).
- Zara has achieved to implement similar actions as H&M in order to reduce the
impact on the environment. Both companies are classified as C- Label in terms of
their environmental sustainability (How sustainable is Zara, n.d.).
7. Expand online market
- Although there is a rapid development of online market and its penetration in
apparel industry is significantly high, H&M’s online channel covers 13 out of 55
markets (H&M group, n.d.).
- Whereas Zara, that counts almost the one-second of H&M’ stores, has expanded its
operations in 27 markets meeting the needs and expectations of the ‘omnichannel’
customers (H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB in Apparel, 2014).