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How Zara Masters Speed as a Competitive Moat
In this episode of Business Strategy Talks, Lucas and Luna dig into how Zara turned ultrafast fashion cycles into a structural advantage that competitors struggle to copy. They unpack the numbers: Zara's design-to-store pipeline of roughly two weeks versus the industry norm of months, its investment in near-shore production in Spain and Portugal, and its strategy of shipping small batches to create scarcity and reduce unsold inventory. The conversation explores why fast fashion's moat isn't just speed — it's the entire system of data feedback loops, store-as-sensor, and…
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