Fashion Buying and Merchandising Intensive Short Course
Course description
Course overview
The Fashion Buying and Merchandising Intensive Short Course will answer those fashion questions you have been thinking about: Who decides what we are wearing next season? How do the products arrive in stores? Why are some retailers successful but others are not?
This is all down to the fashion buyers and merchandisers; the main drivers of any retail business or brand who are the influential decision makers behind the products that are offered.
This course covers the first and second steps in the series of our fashion buying and merchandising short courses. Once you've completed this course you might consider moving onto our advanced level course, Fashion Buying and Merchandising Advanced Techniques Short Course.
This course is available both on campus or online.
Who this course is for
This course is a great place to start for anyone seeking a career in fashion business management or interested in the role of a fashion buyer or merchandiser and would like to learn more.
Key information
Topics covered
- What do buyers and merchandisers actually do in retailers and brands?
- How do they set the prices that they sell to the consumer?
- How do they calculate the price that they will buy from the supplier?
- How are they organised and how do they operate within the company organisation?
- How do they manage the creative skills of the designers?
- How do they plan supplier lead times, and delivery schedules?
- How do they calculate how many garments they expect to sell?
- How do they calculate how many they intend to buy?
- How do they organise distribution to their shops?
- How do they sell on their website?
- How do they manage sales and stock during the selling season?
Learning outcomes
- Produced your own range plan of garments
- Created a sales forecast for it
- Created a buying plan and a buying budget for it
- Bought it in a competitive game played against the tutor
- Allocated it to your stores, after the buying campaign is complete
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
On campus
- Laptop/ iPad/ tablet
- Notepad and pen
- Calculator
Online
- Notebook and pen
If you are taking this course online, please see our Guide to taking online short courses.
Tutor
TBC
Eddie is a highly successful and respected fashion accessories buying manager with a wealth of experience in buying and merchandising for branded luxury for multi brand department stores, premium and luxury brands as well as premium own label brands.Experienced in creating destination retail concepts for example strategically taking House of Fraser accessories from a high street own label offer to one of the largest premium and luxury offers within the UK. Eddie has built successful working relationships with numerous luxury brands including Hermes, Cartier, Gucci, Prada, YSL, Chloe, Givenchy, Mulberry, Anya Hindmarch, Paul Smith Michael Kors, to name a few. Working with these brands on both an own bought, concession and branded shopfit basis.
As well as teaching Eddie works with various international fashion brands and retailers on a consultancy basis.
Helen Joslin
Helen Joslin has over a decade of industry experience in buying and merchandising, working across the high street for large multi brand department stores. Specialising in menswear Helen has extensive experience buying and merchandising across multi-product categories for companies such as Arcadia and Debenhams. Outside of her buying career Helen is currently launching her own e-commerce website.
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