1. DMB as the Disrupting Technology
1.Changes in the trend of media industry
Media consumption patterns are slowly but steadily changing the digital home, and wireless connectivity enables similar changes outside the home. Disruptive technologies liberalized content release windows, regulatory changes, and a myriad of factors could dramatically change current trend lines of the customers.
1. With which of the international competitors listed in the case is it most interesting to compare Inditex’s financial results? Why? What do comparisons indicate about Inditex’s relative operating economics? Its relative capital efficiency?
GAP H&M Benetton Inditex
ROIC -0.15% 24.16% 11.20% 27.24%
Return on sales -0.06% 9.60% 7.05% 10.46%
COGS/sales 7
in that market. Second one is economic recession. From 2007, world economy fell in to the deep slackness because of the Subprime mortgage crisis. At this event was joined together with Google’s revenue declined. Other issues are mobile revolution, moving center of value creation from hardware to software, mobile convergence and change of media. Because of these issues, companies have to develop
2. TotalChainManagement : TCM means a system which enable to manage information lively through making shops and factories connected by online system.
UNIQLO’s designing and planning process is being done at Japan, and manufacturing the products in China. At this point, inventories and sold clothing at China are real-time reported to Japan. This system minimizes the waste of cost placing an or
In 2010, growth will be weakly positive thanks to slightly improved domestic demand and exports.
Exports should rebound slightly provided that financial markets and world trade firm up. Stock market consolidation and the return of foreign investor confidence should have a decisive impact on capital inflows and accordingly on commissions charged inconnection with mutual fund or private banking m