A Workbook and Practical Guide
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'The Fashion Cycle: Strategic Buying and Selling for Retail' focuses on the heart of any retail enterprise: the customer. This book presents a comprehensive guide on the fundamentals of exceptional customer service, fashion knowledge and new customer-facing skills. This book focuses on the significant benefits achieved through seasonal sales and in-store wardrobe planning. In the world of fashion retail, it all begins with an engaged staff armed with robust product knowledge, smart personal style, and exceptional customer service skills.
The Fashion Cycle: Strategic Buying and Selling for Retail is for those looking for something new — an edge over competitors, a distinctive service for customers, or the ability to better retain employees in a traditionally high turnover industry through professional development. Whether they work behind the scenes or with customers, this book will increase your team's fashion knowledge and communication skills in ways that will boost revenue and generate greater customer loyalty.
This book is intended for small boutiques, fashion retailers and is also a perfect fit for anyone interested in a successful, lucrative career in the fashion industry. The world of fashion presents a one-of-a-kind blend of styles, opinions, cultures, and much more. No matter what career path in the fashion industry a student chooses to pursue, it will be fast-paced, creative, dynamic, and unique.
Intended for both women and men, this book is accessible for anyone interested in the fashion industry. It is highly relevant for students enrolled in formal courses of study, as well as those who are self-directed. This workbook and practical guide will help students develop the professional skills for a career in any of the following positions:
There is a void in the Fashion Retail Industry for educated, knowledgeable and trained young professionals.
Are you ready to equip your students with the knowledge to pave their way to a successful career?
'The Fashion Cycle: Strategic Buying & Selling for Retail' (A Workbook and Practical Guide) will:
• Prepare students to work in the retail fashion industry
• Arm students with real-world knowledge and insight into the industry
• Prepare them with skills needed to start their own fashion business
• Show students that fashion is a successful career path
• Transform academic teaching into market-ready experience
'The Fashion Cycle: Strategic Buying & Selling for Retail', presents topics, quizzes and exercises, and offers students extensive knowledge on how to prepare for a successful career in the glamorous fashion industry. This book will educate, empower, and transform fashion students into skilled, certified retail professionals.
With 'The Fashion Cycle: Strategic Buying & Selling for Retail', the author expands further beyond what is taught in 'An Expert's Guide to Fashion Styling'. In this workbook you will learn about:
• Transitional Planning
• Trend Analysis
• Body Shapes for Both Women and Men
• Key Retail Team Members:
> Buyers
> Wholesale Representative
> Visual Merchandiser
> Store Management
> Sales Associates
• Seasonal Sales
• Wholesale Market Calendar
• Customer Service and Relationship Building
• A New Way To Sell: The BJ Wilson In-Store Wardrobe Consulting Processª Step-by-Step
• In-Store Personal Shopping
• Suggestive Selling in Retail
• Starting Your Own Wardrobe Consulting Business
• Other Consulting and Selling Opportunities
This workbook may be used as central curriculum or supplementary to existing curriculum. The Fashion Cycle will provide your students with the in-demand skills needed to succeed in the competitive fashion industry.
