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lesUNIT E
SELLING FASHION
5.01 Explain selling in the retail environment.
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sSelling as a marketing
function
Personal selling: • personalized, two-way communication• between the salesperson and the customer• process of exchanging merchandise for
money or credit.
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sCustomer-oriented selling:
• meeting and exceeding customer expectations
• making customers feel important
• identifying customer needs
• finding solutions to best fulfill those needs.
Sales-oriented selling:
• high-pressure selling
• total number of sales in the goal
• customer service less important
Types of Selling
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sRoles of Salespeople
1. Sales clerk: • “Order-taker” • Stand behind counter to ring up a sale• Employed by stores that sell lower-
priced merchandise.
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sRoles of Salespeople
2. Sales associate: • skillful retail employee • uses creative selling
skills • influences customers’
purchasing decisions • works in high-service
retail department and specialty stores.
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sRoles of Salespeople
3. Personal shopper:
• Individualized attention and service
• May put together an entire wardrobe
• Typically works by appointment only
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sThe Importance
of Salespeople• Develop professional relationships with
customers.• The only store contact for most customers.• Create higher sales (and MORE profit) • Help customers solve problems.• Create happy customers
– Repeat Customers (IMPORTANT)
– Referral Customers
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sMethods Used To
Motivate Salespeople
• Organizational climate: The feeling that employees have about their opportunities, value, and rewards for good performance within the business.– Positive Climate is key
– High esteem = in low employee turnover • Less Money spent on training new employees
– Low esteem = high employee turnover• Company spends profits on training employees
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sMethods Used To
Motivate Salespeople
• Compensation:
Payment and benefits for work accomplished.
– Wage:
– Based on a set rate per hour.
– Salary:
– Payment based on a fixed dollar amount for a specified period.
– Commission:
– Payment based on a percentage of the dollar amount of sales made by a salesperson.
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sMethods Used To
Motivate SalespeopleSales quota: – The projected volume of sales (units or dollars)
assigned to a department or person for a time period.• Compensation is often tied to meeting the sales
quota.Incentives: – Contests, prizes, rewards, honors, merchandise and
cash bonus awards, days off, trips, and profit-sharing opportunities used to motivate salespeople.
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sNon-Selling Duties and
Responsibilities of the Salesperson
1. Stock-keeping– Receiving merchandise– Preparing merchandise for sale
2. Maintaining product information
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sReceiving, preparing, and protecting merchandise against damage or theft, and participating in maintaining store or department inventory.
Stock-keeping
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sReceiving Merchandise
• Exchange of goods between vendor and retailer.
What to do?• Inspect for damage.• Verify merchandise is correct.• Record on a receiving record.• Process necessary returns.
– Returns to Vendors: Goods that are shipped back to a vendor by the retail store
– Mistakes in the order– Late delivery– Defective or damaged merchandise
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Preparing Merchandise for Sale
What to do?• Sort by color, size, and/or classification.• Price merchandise. • Transfer merchandise between store branches.• Set up and clean merchandise fixtures.• Display on hangers or shelf arrangements. • Maintain stock levels.• Straighten merchandise.
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sMaintaining product
information
•Product knowledge allows the salesperson to tailor the sales message to meet the specific needs of each customer.
•Types of information needed
−Product use
−Product care
−Pricing
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sSources Of
Product Information• Personal use/experience• Promotional circulars and flyers• Consumer publications • Trade publications• Sales representatives • Store buyers (Not customers)
• Manufacturer’s literature• Labels• Hangtags• Packaging
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sRibbon or cloth that are permanently
attached to the insides of garments to provide product information.– Any color or style – Printed on front and back
• if the label is attached so that both sides can be seen
– Information such as • brand
• special finishes
• size
Labels
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sLabels
• Information required by law:– Generic name of all fibers – Percentage of each fiber – Identification of the producer or distributor– Item’s country of origin– Care requirements
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sCardboard or heavy paper “signs” that
are attached to the outsides of garments with strings, plastic bands, pins, staples, or adhesives.
Hang from buttons, buttonholes, zippers, belt loops
Hangtags
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sHangtags
• Information may include– Brand name/trademark– Size– Suggested retail price– Style number– Special features such as fabric
finishes.– Symbols and logos to identify designers,
manufacturers, or sellers– A certification or seal of approval– Guarantees
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s The covering, wrapper, or container in which some items are placed.
• If information that is required by law on labels cannot be seen through packaging, it must be repeated on the package.
Packaging