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Essential Buying and Merchandising Skills

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Essential Buying and Merchandising Skills

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Essential Buying and Merchandising Skills

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“What do I need to think about?” and “How do I go about it?”These are questions commercial teams face as they manage their product, make business decisions and monitor results.

teams in small to medium sized retailers in roles such as Buying, Merchandising and Category Management

wishing to refresh skills in line with current best practice

approaches to making the commercial decisions that are

The Retail Cycle

through a typical retail cycle:

Academy for Retail.

Essential Buying and Merchandising Skills

Sourcing & Range BuildingTrading

Planning

Intake

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Pre-Season Planning for a Retail Business

as they do trading.

in planning for their business success before the season begins, as they do in trading the products when they come into stock.

This course focuses on the starting point of the planning process - guiding you from strategy to top line financial planning.

Who is it aimed at?

Management.

The format:

are lots of opportunities to share thoughts and ideas with co-delegates and to apply learning to your own product area.

Learning outcomes:

information you need to start the pre-season planning of your product category.

To book Pre-Season Planning for a Retail Business or for further details and prices please contact [email protected] Tel. 01494 867106.

The Learning focus:

What are they for and how do you use them?

them for your product area?

you do about them?

Vision / Strategy

Financial Plan – top line Framework

Review

Financial Plan – product Build

Revisit & Trade

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Maximising the Pre-Season Plan

success of the business and effort spent here will reap rewards in-season.

challenging enough - don’t get caught out by something you

product area.

Who is it aimed at?

Management.

The format:

are lots of opportunities to share thoughts and ideas with co-delegates and to apply learning to your own product area.

Learning outcomes:

information you need to ensure your pre-season planning sets your product category up for success.

To book Maximising the Pre-Season Plan or for further details and prices please contact [email protected] Tel. 01494 867106.

The Learning focus:

scale retailers? Which should you be using in your business?

mean for stock management?

planning?

planning....and why should you understand them?

Vision / Strategy

Financial Plan – top line Framework

Review

Financial Plan – product Build

Revisit & Trade

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In-Season Trading for a Retail Business

Best practice for in-season trading.

Taking a best practice approach to

decisions in the management of products will lead to great product performance.

key task of any commercial team is to ensure that the plan is

as challenging as dealing with poor performance and we look at both in this course focusing on category trading.

Who is it aimed at?

Management.

The format:

are lots of opportunities to share thoughts and ideas with co-delegates and to apply learning to your own product area.

Learning outcomes:

you need to start taking responsibility for the in-season trading of your product.

To book In-Season Trading for a Retail Business or for further details and prices please contact [email protected] Tel. 01494 867106.

The Learning focus:

into it?

class retailers?

products?

impact trading results?

Company

Department

Category

Line

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Maximising the In-Season Trade

In this tough retail climate, trading presents an immense challenge.

It is not enough to simply implement a great plan - commercial teams need to

They need to analyse product performance and what has

your department or category.

Who is it aimed at?

Management.

The format:

are lots of opportunities to share thoughts and ideas with co-delegates and to apply learning to your own product area.

Learning outcomes:

information you need to make the best commercial decisions for the in-season trading of your product category.

To book Maximising the In-Season Trade or for further details and prices please contact [email protected] Tel. 01494 867106.

The Learning focus:

performance?

Company

Department

Category

Line

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Buying the Product Range

and market aware and able to manage suppliers professionally.

goals.

Who is it aimed at?

Management.

The format:

are lots of opportunities to share thoughts and ideas with co-delegates and to apply learning to your own product area.

Learning outcomes:

range.

To book Buying the Product Range or for further details and prices please contact [email protected] Tel. 01494 867106.

The Learning focus:

retailers?

requirements?

sizes?