Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2016-11-14
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Drawing together both practical and theoretical ideas, with clear worked examples and real-life illustrations, this text provides unique insights into buying and merchandising practices across the fashion industry. This second edition includes new chapters on Trends, Range Planning, and Skills for Buyers and Merchandisers; and two new glossaries.

Author Biography

TIM JACKSON is Principal Lecturer at the London College of Fashion specialising in luxury brand management, fashion buying and marketing. Tim had previously worked in fashion retail management and buying for a number of UK brands including Burton, Jaeger, Dash and Harrods. He consults on fashion branding and writes as both a journalist and academic researcher on fashion business

DAVID SHAW is one of the UK's leading fashion marketing& retailing academics and writers, working freelance with many international universities including the Institute Marangoni and The Dublin Institute of Technology. He has worked from shop floor to director level for many of the UK's largest fashion companies including Bhs, Debenhams, Top Shop and Burton

They are authors of Mastering Fashion Marketing

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Fashion Buying: An overview
Trends
The Roles of the Fashion Buyer and Garment Technologist
The Role of Merchandising
The Role of the Fashion Designer
Market Planning for Fashion Retailing
Fashion Product Sourcing
Supply Chain Management
Merchandise Planning at Business Level

Range Planning
Stock Management and Distribution
Buying and the Law
Retail Formats and Visual Merchandising
Future Trends in Buying and Merchandising

Skills for Buyers and Merchandisers

Textile and Construction Glossary

Buying and Merchandising Glossary

Glossary of Terms

Further Reading

Index

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