versus own branded fashion goods. It draws on examples from retailers‚ trade press and academic sources. Fashion retailers are an important sector of the fashion industry‚ and are the link between fashion products and consumers. These retailers have power over the industry and are able to set trends. Over the past few years‚ retail own-labels have been leading the fashion industry. This has increased the power and important of the fashion buyer’s role. An understanding of the fashion environment –
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What are the Core Skills and Attributes Required to be a Successful Fashion Buyer? Craig Weighman ABSTRACT This study was carried out in order to explore the role of the fashion buyer and generate a greater understanding whilst also developing informed and insightful opinions on the key attributes required in becoming a successful fashion buyer in industry. The main findings were that the fashion industry is a highly competitive market place as much reliant on business flair and intuition as
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[pic] 1 BA (Hons) Fashion Business UNIT: Fashion Buying and Merchandising ‘Why is fashioning the body considered more important for women than for men? Use examples of contemporary and historical body practices in your answer.’ Women did not have a role in the patriarchy society. Women were valued in their relation to men; they did non have an independent value. Therefore their appearance was more important for them. Only very recently
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Marketing 345 - Media Planning and Buying Chapter 1 - Introduction - Goal of the class - Review of syllabus - Expectations Goal of All Advertising – Get consumers to buy your product and to continue to buy your product. Media – A message delivery system - The way to distribute your product message - Where / How consumers find out about your product Media Planning - Part of bigger marketing picture - Determine
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PLANNING LEVELS In large retail firms‚ plans are developed at different organizational levels‚ including corporate. divisions. functional units. and departments. Managers at each level are responsible for developing and executing specific types of plans‚ all directed towards accomplishing the same mission. Corporate- Level Plans The chief executive officer (CEO) and other top-ranking executives at the highest corporate level plan strategically. Corporate executives assess the position
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A structural model of fashion-oriented impulse buying behavior Eun Joo Park Dong-A University‚ Busan‚ Korea‚ and Eun Young Kim and Judith Cardona Forney School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management‚ University of North Texas‚ Denton‚ Texas‚ USA Abstract Purpose This study aims to examine the causal relationships among fashion involvement‚ positive emotion‚ hedonic consumption tendency‚ and fashion-oriented impulse buying in the context of shopping. Design/methodology/approach
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The Buying Cycle refers to the key events and the processes in which the fashion buyer is involved in order to buy a garment range for a retail or a mail order company. The length of the buying cycle varies from company to company. It usually takes a year between reviewing the current season’s sale and delivering the product into stores. Fashion Industry traditionally splits the year into two main seasons; * Spring/Summer- February- July Autumn * Winter- August ± January The competitive
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FOLLOWING NEW FASHION TRENDS AS A FACTOR AFFECTING THE DAILY ALLOWANCE CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction In these modern years‚ many latest or most up-to-date items‚ especially fashion trends‚ are continuous of entering the society‚ just like accessories‚ clothes and shoes and even different styles of hair‚ and people as we observed employed or engaged of spending money just for this.
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Distribution and Consumer Research Vol. 20‚ No. 1‚ February 2010‚ 165–173 Fast fashion: response to changes in the fashion industry Vertica Bhardwaj* and Ann Fairhurst Retail and Consumer Sciences‚ The University of Tennessee‚ Knoxville‚ USA (Received June 2009; final version received October 2009) The fashion apparel industry has significantly evolved‚ particularly over the last 20 years. The changing dynamics of the fashion industry have forced retailers to desire low cost and flexibility in design
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Buying roles: Individual buying Stages of Buying Process: Generally‚ the purchaser passes through five distinct stages in taking a decision for purchasing a particular commodity. These stages are: (i) need arousal‚ (ii) information search‚ (iii) evaluation behavior‚ (iv) purchase decision‚ and (v) post purchase feelings. (i) Need arousal: The buying process starts with need arousal. A need can be activated through internal or external stimuli. A need can also be aroused by an external stimulus
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