Fashion buying and merchandising

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Undergraduate Fashion Marketing Fichas sobre Fashion buying and merchandising, creado por polly arnold el 21/12/2015.
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What are some of the characteristics of a fashion market? - Short life cycles - High volatility - Low predictability - High impulse purchase (Fernie and Spars, 1998)
What are the 3 characteristics of critical lead times - Time-to-market - Time-to-serve - Time-to-react
Describe the fashion process
What are the 5 phases of the fashion design process? 1. Research and Analysis: Gathering information about trends, fabric and new business opportunities 2. Synthesis: Producing a range of samples view by selectors 3. Selection: Preparation of presentation of garments for viewing and selection 4. Manufacturing: Preparing 5. Distribution: Delivery to retailers
Name a few bits of research you would conduct when designing a product - Sales figures - Fashion images - Textile agents - Visit fabric exhibitions - Focus groups - Attend seminars - Buy garments
What methods are used in analysis? - Focus evenings - Feedback from the retailer - Visits to retail sites - Surveys - Sales figures
What are the 7 things you need to design for mass market? 1. Customers 2. Designers 3. Buyers 4. Merchandisers 5. Manufacturers 6. Raw material suppliers 7. Place to retail from
Describe the elements of the supply chain
What are some key facts about mass market fashion designing? - A brief needs to be set - Quality control expectations need to be outlined - Timetables need to be established (critical path analysis) - Relationships need to be developed - Consumer information is vital
What are the six buying phases? 1. initiate purchase 2. Check requisition information 3. Select supplier 4. Issue order 5. Process order 6. Complete purchase
What are the 5 Design phases? 1. Research and analysis 2. Synthesis 3. Selection 4. Manufacturing 5. Distribution
What are some of a buyers roles? - Predicting fashion trends - Range planning - Fabric sourcing - Garment sourcing - Negotiating with Vendors
What are buyers key skills - Multi-tasker - Flexible - Energetic - Self-motivated - Creative - People/ action orientated
Define: Characteristics Personal qualities considered to be important to becoming an effective buyer
Stock planning Management Control Are all key roles of what Merchandising
What does stock management and distribution involve? - Getting stock into business (Macro and micro level) - Getting stock around business (Distribution/ allocation)
What is the difference between macro and micro levels? Macro: Trends/ sales forecasting and marketing strategies e.g. ansoff and boston matrix Micro: Depth/ breadth
What is distribution? Value of stock in total Planning process
What is allocation Number of lines by colour/ size/ branch Range plan Store size Plan
What is the formula for gross margin? Gross margin= (profit/retail selling prices)/ 100
What are the 5 fashion retail planning levels? - line or style - sub-category - category - department - business
Discuss the importance of timing
What is involved in sales planning? Change Previous sales history Seasonal sales variation Seasonal sales peaks Fundamental sales ratio
What is the formula for stock turn? Annual sales value/ average monthly stock value
What is the formula for weeks cover? Weeks in a year/ stock turn
What does WSSI stand for? Weekly sales, stock and intake chart
What are some of the decisions that are driven by WSSI? sales forecast for future weeks stock levels repeat buys mark-downs
what are the 5 elements of allocation planning? 1. Size ratios 2. Replenishment 3. Delivery schedule 4. Stock fragmentation 5. Promotion plans
What are the 2 main merchandise management activities? - Planning stock to be delivered into business - Moving delivered stock
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