Fashion buying and merchandising

What are some of the characteristics of a fashion market?

What are the 3 characteristics of critical lead times

Describe the fashion process

What are the 5 phases of the fashion design process?

Name a few bits of research you would conduct when designing a product

What methods are used in analysis?

What are the 7 things you need to design for mass market?

Describe the elements of the
supply chain

What are some key facts about
mass market fashion designing?

What are the six buying phases?

What are the 5 Design phases?

What are some of a buyers roles?

What are buyers key skills

Define: Characteristics

Stock planning
Management
Control
Are all key roles of what

What does stock management and
distribution involve?

What is the difference between
macro and micro levels?

What is distribution?

What is allocation

What is the formula for gross
margin?

What are the 5 fashion retail
planning levels?

Discuss the importance of timing

What is involved in sales planning?

What is the formula for stock
turn?

What is the formula for weeks
cover?

What does WSSI stand for?

What are some of the decisions
that are driven by WSSI?

what are the 5 elements of
allocation planning?

What are the 2 main merchandise management activities?