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Assignment-1: ZARA

Submitted By: Neeraj Garg, PRN: 19020841021

Zara’s products are high on fashion and low on prices. Zara provides the latest fashion at much lower prices in
all its international stores as compared to other competing international brands. Zara follows a low pricing
strategy. It can afford to do that as it doesn’t spend an enormous amount of money on advertisements and raw
material. It has an overall low-cost structure compared to its competitors. Zara’s prices are country-specific.
The tagging on their products is done locally in each respective market. Zara sets a market-based pricing
strategy that sets the target price consumer is willing to pay. The budget for production according to the target
price. This, in turn, fixes the profit margin they earn on every item. This gives an insight into the marketing mix
pricing strategy of Zara.
Zara has a low level of discounting around the year and discount sales of 50% or more twice in a year, for which
the consumers eagerly wait.
Zara primarily focuses on fast-fashion brands that have cheap labor, cheap materials and fast production
schedules. These factors enable Zara to adopt a low pricing strategy. ZARA was recognized for its first-class
image, second-class production and third-rate price. It doesn’t have an expensive design, advertising and raw
material costs. Zara’s prices are about 1/4 of other brand prices.
Zara provides products at a reasonable price to target customers. Zara will win on price. Zara’s prices are less
expensive than luxury fashion brands. Gucci, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton raise the price of products in recent
years. Compared with these luxury fashion brands, one of the real competitive advantages for Zara is the price.
Zara’s pricing strategy not only the value proposition is evident but also is affordable to most customers.
Luxury brands have to admit Zara has a strong position in the global market.
Zara mainly uses value-based pricing approaches. The strategy focuses on customers' perceptions of value rather
than the company’s costs to set prices. Its target customers want fashion clothes but could not afford the high
price of luxury fashion brands. Zara counts broken code and unsaleable products every day. These products will
be sold at a low price. Also, it often provides discounts at the end of the season.
Zara designs as well as manufactures a majority of the apparel that customers buy in its stores. This is very much
in contrast to the traditional high-volume fast-fashion companies, which outsource most of their manufacturing
to contract manufacturers. This type of vertical integration is the key to quick new product introduction cycles.
Zara carries upwards of 11,000 distinct items per year compared to competitors that carry 2,000 to 4,000 in stores.
Zara’s fashion-season-oriented products only make up a small part of its business. Only 15% to 25% of a season’s
line is designed ahead of the season. Up to 50% of its items are designed and manufactured in the middle of the
season based on certain styles and designs that become popular. Because of its quick new product introduction
cycles, Zara can take advantage of customers’ fleeting interest in new designs and styles.

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