Description
This comprehensive book provides students with the skills and savvy had to transform a successful buyer in any area of retail. Its simple and straightforward approach presents step by step instructions for typical buying tasks, such as identifying and figuring out potential customers, creating a six-month merchandising plan, and developing sales forecasts. This new edition incorporates up-to-date coverage of essential retailing trends and technological advances, including social responsibility, sustainability, fast fashion, and the usage of new media and social networking. Ample activities — drawn from real-world merchandising and incorporating current trends — give students the opportunity to use vital skills as they might in a professional environment.