Case Study The NZ Pai Fashion Store Ana works full-time as a first-line manager at the ‘NZ Pai Fashion Store’ in the local main shopping precinct. Pai Fashion has a total of five retail shops in different
Assignment Task
Case Study The NZ Pai Fashion Store
Ana works full-time as a first-line manager at the ‘NZ Pai Fashion Store’ in the local main shopping precinct. Pai Fashion has a total of five retail shops in different New Zealand cities and targets professional women with relatively high levels of disposable income, who are in their 30s or
early 40s.
Pai Fashion’s slogan is ‘Fashion with consciousness’. The company name is borrowed from the te reo Māori word ‘pai’, which loosely translates to ‘good’. The stores sell only apparel from ethical fashion brands, and preferably from Aotearoa New Zealand made sources. The fashion industry is considered the second most polluting industry in the world after the oil industry.
Especially in developing countries, where approximately 60% of the world’s fashion is manufactured, the fashion industry leaves a large environmental footprint. It takes
approximately 20,000 litres of water to manufacture just one kilogram of cotton, a key input material for fashion apparel. In addition, the dying process is very polluting and harms workers who are exposed to the toxic substances, and the environment (WWF 2017).
Pai Fashion has a total of five retail shops in different New Zealand cities and targets professional women with relatively high levels of disposable income, who are in their 30s orearly 40s.
Pai Fashion’s slogan is ‘Fashion with consciousness’. The company name is borrowed from the te reo Māori word ‘pai’, which loosely translates to ‘good’. The stores sell only apparel from ethical fashion brands, and preferably from Aotearoa New Zealand made sources.The fashion industry is considered the second most polluting industry in the world after the oil industry. Especially in developing countries, where approximately 60% of the world’s fashion is manufactured, the fashion industry leaves a large environmental footprint. It takesapproximately 20,000 litres of water to manufacture just one kilogram of cotton, a key inputmaterial for fashion apparel. In addition, the dying process is very polluting and harms workers who are exposed to the toxic substances, and the environment (WWF 2017).
Task
- Outline the shareholding model, and the organisational structure of the NZ Pai Fashion Store. Describe the impact on Ana’s role as a first-line manager.
- Discuss two resources that impact on Ana and her role as a first-line manager in the context of the case study. Explain how these resources impact on Ana’s role.
- The case describes the NZ Pai Fashion Store’s core values and principles, and business practice. Select two te ao Māori core values and explain how the te ao Māori values are reflected in the case study business’ operation.
- Describe how consultation factors impact on Ana’s role as a first-line manager at the NZ Pai Fashion Store.
- Outline how the organisation’s ethical principles impact on Ana’s role as a first-line manager.
- Explain the impact of customers on the NZ Pai Fashion Store.
- Explain the impact of suppliers on the NZ Pai Fashion Store.
- Identify the labour market stage and explain the impact of the labour market in the context of the case study.
- Outline the impact local bodies have on New Zealand based manufactures of fashionapparel.
- Discuss how local bodies impact on the NZ Pai Fashion Store.
- Outline what potential impact a local body may have on Ana’s role as a first-line manager.
- Explain how factors of the general environment impact on the NZ Pai Fashion Store and Ana’s role as a first-line manager. In particular, you are required to discuss the following five factors: economic, legal/ political, technological, natural environment, and international factors. Please discuss these factors in the context of the case study.
- Provide two specific examples of legal compliance factors not mentioned in the case and explain the impact on the NZ Pai Fashion Store and/or Ana’s role as a first line manager