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Fashion Merchandizing
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Some sample will be altered - To show merchandise in best possible way to accessorize it the way they intended it to be and sometimes on models - Opportunity to develop PR
Twig (Classifications; Department Store)
Hypermarkets (Specialty
Some samples may never be mass produced
Specialized Store Buyer (Path for Buyers)
2. People who shop for clients
Two basic kinds of ratail advertising
Personal Shopper
Wholesale Warehouse Clubs (Specialty)
Using Resident Buying Offices (Sources)
3. Focuses on a particular item or product
Business Consultant's Services
GMM (Merchandising; Retail Stores)
Twig (Classifications; Department Store)
Promotio
4. Must be selected for membership - All couture houses do custom dressmaking but also have ready-to-wear line
Buyer (Merchandising; Retail Stores)
Paris (Global Fashion Centers)
Elements of Dollar Merchandize Plan
Store Owner (Path for Buyers)
5. Money left to buy- when merchandise NEEDS to exceed merchandise available
Private Label
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Image (Promotion)
Catalog Showroom (Specialty)
6. Germany - Spain - Eastern Block
In-store Boutique
Management Consultants (Consulting Services)
Publicity
Minor Fashion Industries (Global Fashion Centers)
7. Manufacturers Attend Market to...
Catalog Showroom (Specialty)
Factors to be Considered in Editing (Buying)
Independently Owed (Product Development Organizations)
Look at offerings and need out and refine their line
8. Number of different items offered
In-store Boutique
Catalog Showroom (Specialty)
Resident Buyer
Breadt
9. Chain
Sources of Merchandise (Buying)
DMM (Merchandising; Retail Store
Central Buyer (Path for Buyers)
Store within a Store
10. Creates fashion looks for magazine phot - shoots - company catalogs - etc.
Stylist
In-store Boutique
Open-to-buy (Dollar Merchandise Plan)
Off-Price Store (Specialty)
11. Large number of resources centered in 7th Avenue area - Largest and most important domestically
Market Wee
New York (Market Centers)
Lower prices
Reporting Services (Sources)
12. Shoplifting - internal theft - inaccurate records
Limitations of regional marts
Personal Shopper
London (Global Fashion Centers)
Shortage (Dollar Merchandise Plan)
13. Screens the market for the store buyer (represents the buyer) - Group buying- allows for lower prices due to volume buying - Assist with private label- product development sourcing - Assist with foreign buying
Flagship (Classifications; Department Store)
Resident Buyer
Advertising
Variety Store (Specialty)
14. Larger orders may allow for...
Lower prices
Milan (Global Fashion Centers)
Confined merchandis
Tokyo (Global Fashion Centers
15. Mass - staples
Independently owned services
Tokyo (Global Fashion Centers
Factors to be Considered in Editing (Buying)
Market
16. Carry merchandise from many manufacturers -Originally owned by manufacturers as a way to get rid of excess merchandise
Factory Outlet (Specialty)
Regional Marts
Market Research (Sources)
Confined merchandis
17. Focus specifically on product
Business Consultant's Services
Department Store (Characteristics)
Paths for Buyers
Merchandise/Promotional (Advertising)
18. Small operation
Branch (Classifications; Department Store
Trade Associations (Sources)
Merchandise Assortment Planning
Store Owner (Path for Buyers)
19. Menswear
Personal Shopper
London (Global Fashion Centers)
De
Buyer (Retail Merchandising)
20. Completed once the estimated demand has been made - The merchandise plan is both by: Dollar or Merchandise (amount and quantity)
Advertising
Buyer (Retail Merchandising)
Merchandise Assortment Planning
Turnover (Dollar Merchandise Plan)
21. When merchandise (inventory and ordered) is GREATER than need
Discount Store (Specialty)
Specialized Store Buyer (Path for Buyers)
Overbought
Store within a Store
22. Manufacturers may not always produce everything they show in regional market (even if orders have been placed) - May not have many new manufacturers
Store Owner (Path for Buyers)
Franchise
Limitations of regional marts
Dollar Merchandise Plan
23. Merchandising offerings - Appropriate for customers
GMM (Merchandising; Retail Stores)
Stylist
Factors in Selecting a Resource (Buying
Catalog Showroom (Specialty)
24. Market trips - Sales reps wh - visit buyer - Catalogs - Resident buying offices - Store-owned resources
Limitations of regional marts
Sources of Merchandise (Buying)
Store Owner (Path for Buyers)
Off-Price Store (Specialty)
25. Located in market
Product Development
Turnover (Dollar Merchandise Plan)
Using Resident Buying Offices (Sources)
Independently Owed (Product Development Organizations)
26. Focuses on management and market research
Management Consultants (Consulting Services)
Specialized Store Buyer (Path for Buyers)
Independently Owed (Product Development Organizations)
Factors in Selecting a Resource (Buying
27. Tells buyer dollar amount of purchases that can be made - Actual stock- planned stock
Open-to-buy (Dollar Merchandise Plan)
Chain Store
Store Owned Organizations (Product Development Organizations
Business Consultant's Services
28. Variety of low priced merchandise
Publicity
Variety Store (Specialty)
Sources of Merchandise (Buying)
Dollar Merchandise Plan
29. Leased department: rents space to an outside firm which runs the department (makeup counters) -In-store boutique
Private Label
Store within a Store
Store Owned Organizations (Product Development Organizations
London (Global Fashion Centers)
30. Serves as group of stores - membership is by invitation only (e.g. Associated Merchandising Corporation)
In-store Success (Sources
Store Ownership Group
Chain Store
Store Owned Organizations (Product Development Organizations
31. Sourcing - Logistics related to - importing - Managing information systems
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32. Additional service offered by resident buying offices- design staff of the buying office develops private label merchandise - Newest services
Buyer (Retail Merchandising)
Shortage (Dollar Merchandise Plan)
Product Development
Independently Owed (Product Development Organizations)
33. Develops clothing for actors in plays - movies - and television
Tokyo (Global Fashion Centers
Costume Designe
In-store Boutique
Turnover (Dollar Merchandise Plan)
34. Store open another facility in a different location - often in suburbs
Sources of Merchandise (Buying)
Private Label
Branch (Classifications; Department Store
Off-Price Store (Specialty)
35. Management consultants - Technical consultants - Import and export consultants
Dollar Merchandise Plan
Merchandise/Promotional (Advertising)
Broad-based Business Consulting Services
Management Consultants (Consulting Services)
36. Customer makes choices out of a catalog and places order by phone - mail - or at a facility
Twig (Classifications; Department Store)
Image (Promotion)
Catalog/Mail Order (Non-store Retai
Vendors (Sources)
37. Image Merchandise/promotional -advertising agencies bid for client accounts
Overbought
Off-Price Store (Specialty)
New York (Market Centers)
Two basic kinds of ratail advertising
38. Offerings limited to geographical area - Vendor policies (Minimums) - Vendor services (On time shipments)
Merchandisi
Confined merchandis
Trade Associations (Sources)
Market Wee
39. Sales records - Sales people
In-store Success (Sources
Merchandisi
Independently owned services
Buyer (Merchandising; Retail Stores)
40. Merchandising - Buying - Product Development Organizations
Store within a Store
Independently owned services
Trade Associations (Sources)
Vendors (Sources)
41. These reach out and sell to - small fashion retailers in surrounding areas - serve as a wholesale selling facility for apparel producers - Better understanding of the local consumer
Regional Marts
Market Wee
Market Research (Sources)
Milan (Global Fashion Centers)
42. Net sales- total merchandise costs (Allow for overhead taxes and profit)
Promotio
Gross Margin Percentage (Dollar Merchandise Plan)
Trade Associations (Sources)
Los Angeles
43. WWD - DNR - stores (consumer fashion magazines)
Independently Owed (Product Development Organizations)
Los Angeles
Trade Publications (Sources)
Electronic Retailing (Non-store Retailing)
44. Selling responsibilities
Specialized Store Buyer (Path for Buyers)
Lower prices
Store Owner (Path for Buyers)
Business Consultant's Services
45. Combine supermarket - appliances - toys - drug store items - apparel - etc. - everything under one roof
Hypermarkets (Specialty
Costume Designe
London (Global Fashion Centers)
DMM (Merchandising; Retail Store
46. Buying - selling - and planning of merchandise
Merchandisi
Elements of Dollar Merchandize Plan
Store Ownership Group
Hypermarkets (Specialty
47. Run by private enterprises - members subscribe for a fee (e.g. Doneger Group)
Independently Owed (Product Development Organizations)
Store Owner (Path for Buyers)
Flagship (Classifications; Department Store)
Confined merchandis
48. Where store execs are housed
Image (Promotion)
Look at offerings and need out and refine their line
Electronic Retailing (Non-store Retailing)
Flagship (Classifications; Department Store)
49. Compare what is available from the competition
Factory Outlet (Specialty)
Chain Store
Shopping the Stores (Sources)
Business Consultant's Services
50. Place where sellers display sample goods and buyers survey and place orders for merchandise which will be delivered later
Resident Buyer
Market
Shortage (Dollar Merchandise Plan)
Catalog Showroom (Specialty)