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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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Artificial Intelligence at Arriaga Asociados: Paralegal or partner
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Calvo, Eduard; Isaac Sastre BoquetCase OIT-23-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2023, Jesús María Ruíz de Arriaga, founder and CEO of Arriaga Asociados, was debating with Alejandro López Berraquero, the general manager, and Pedro López, the director of Transformation, about the digital transformation process that the law firm was undergoing. Specifically, Arriaga had just successfully tested an AI model that could read the text of the thousands of judicial notifications that arrived at the firm weekly, and it was time to ...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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La Inteligencia Artificial en Arriaga Asociados: ¿Una paralegal o socia del despacho?
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Calvo, Eduard; Isaac Sastre BoquetCase OIT-23Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementEn el año 2023, Jesús María Ruíz de Arriaga, fundador y CEO de Arriaga Asociados debatía con Alejandro López Berraquero, director general y Pedro López, director de Transformación, el proceso de transformación digital en el que estaba inmerso este despacho de abogados. En concreto, Arriaga acababa de probar con éxito un modelo de IA que podía leer el texto de las miles de notificaciones judiciales que llegaban semanalmente al despacho, y había ll...Starting at €8.20
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Keeping an eye on the brand: Etnia Barcelona's retail strategy
Oliver, Xavier; Valentí, Albert; Isaac Sastre BoquetCase M-1407-EMarketing, StrategyEtnia is an eyewear brand known for its stylish designs, particularly of colorful high-quality sun and prescription glasses. After many years relying on a wholesale distribution model with a large international network of opticians, the company had launched its own retail activities in 2017 with a flagship store in downtown Barcelona, followed by an outlet store in the outskirts of the city two years after. Both stores had been successful, quickl...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