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Benetton Group S.p.A., 2012
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713513-EStrategy"On May 31, 2012, after 36 years on the Milan Stock Exchange, Benetton was officially delisted and taken private by Edizione, the Benetton family's holding company. Since 2000, Benetton shareholders had seen its market value fall from $4.3 billion to $720 million at the end of 2011. At $2.6 billion, Benetton's sales in 2011 were virtually the same as they were in 2000, but Inditex from Spain, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) from Sweden and Fast Retailing ...Starting at €8.20
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Gap, Inc., 2019
Wells, John R.; Weinstock, BenjaminCase HBS-720377-EStrategyIn 2000, The Gap, Inc. (Gap) was the world's largest player in specialty fashion retailing, and companies such as Inditex of Spain, H&M of Sweden, and Fast Retailing of Japan were less than a quarter of Gap's size. But after two decades of growth, Gap's pStarting at €8.20
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Páginas amarillas (A)
Agell Ferrer, Pere; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-816MarketingDespués de unos resultados muy negativos en la primera campaña de ventas, la cúpula comercial de Cetesa, compañía comercializadora de las Páginas Amarillas, decide encargar una investigación comercial cuantitativa de imagen y uso. Con los resultados ya en la mano, emergen dudas sobre la fiabilidad de la investigación y su utilidad inmediata.Starting at €8.20
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Inditex: 2000
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713538-EStrategyIn 2000, Inditex was one of the largest specialty apparel retailers in the world, with $2.4 billion in sales from 1,080 stores across 33 countries. Zara, Inditex's main brand, produced popular designer items at a fraction of design-house prices and could push an item from design to display in less than two weeks. This left most other fashion retailers, who took between 9-12 months for this process, far behind. However, Inditex was still only one-...Starting at €8.20
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Inditex: 2012
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713539-EStrategyIn the 11 years since its public offering, Inditex and its flagship brand, Zara, had expanded into 86 countries, achieved $21.6 billion in revenue, and become the largest specialty apparel retailer in the world. In marked contrast to the general malaise of the Bolsa de Madrid, Inditex's share price tripled from 2008 to 2012 and traded at 25 times expected 2013 earnings, a 15% premium over Swedish rival, H&M. From 1,080 stores in 2000, it had expa...Starting at €8.20
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El País (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Agell Ferrer, Pere; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-815-PBMarketingIn 1981, after a period of unprecedented success that had taken El País to first place in the Spanish newspaper market, the paper's management was considering launching an edition in Barcelona. El País's readership in Catalonia was marginal in relation to its demonstrated potential in the rest of Spain. As a first step, the management commissioned an image and use survey of the daily press market in Barcelona, together with a concept test for a ...Starting at €8.20
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Gap, Inc., 2012
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713511-EStrategy"Between 2000 and 2012, Gap, Inc. (Gap) ceded its world leadership position in specialty fashion retailing to Inditex of Spain and H&M of Sweden. These two companies, each less than a quarter of Gap's size in 2000, were now setting the pace in the globalStarting at €8.20