Download or read book Merchandise Buying and Management written by John Donnellan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers topics that are important to aspiring retail buyers and store management personnel with responsibilities for managing retail sales and inventories.
Download or read book Merchandise Buying and Management 4th Edition written by Donnellan and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Merchandise Buying and Management written by John Donnellan and published by Fairchild Books & Visuals. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive text covers the principles of retail merchandising from the dual perspectives of retail buying and the management of inventories at store level. The author, an educator and merchant with over 20 years' experience in the department and specialty store industry, offers a contemporary approach to buying and merchandise management from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives, with a strong integration of the two. Instructor's Guide provides objectives, course outlines, tests, assignments, projects, and teaching suggestions.
Download or read book Merchandise Buying and Management 3rd Edition written by John Donnellan and published by Fairchild Books. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merchandise Buying & Management, 3rd Edition, has been redesigned from top to bottom. Now in full color with all new illustrations, the text also has a brand new array of pedagogical features. This best-selling, comprehensive text covers the most current information on merchandising and retailing. Written for college-level courses dealing with retail buying and the management of retail inventories, the text covers topics relevant to future buyers and store-management personnel. The material is presented within the context of a contemporary retail environment.
Download or read book Retail Product Management written by Rosemary Varley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retailers must be primed to face increasingly difficult trading conditions thanks to the rise of the internet, increasingly better informed consumers, technological advances and an often competitive environment. This established textbook, now in its third edition, helps to provide students with the necessary skills to understand and tackle these challenges. Retail Product Management explains the importance of retailing as a customer-focused activity and helps to provide students of courses such as "Retail Marketing", "Retail Management" and "The Retail Environment" with an excellent introduction to this important topic. With an emphasis on the operational side, this text incorporates features including expanded case vignettes, questions for further discussion, and application tasks. It also includes a new chapter on ethical and sustainable retail product management. Retaining the popular style and elements of the first two editions, Rosemary Varley's Retail Product Management will continue to find favour with students and lecturers involved with retailing.
Download or read book Instructor s Guide Retail Buying 4th Edition written by Clodfelter and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Retail Management 4th Edition written by Gibson G. Vedamani and published by . This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourth Revised & Enlarged Edition THE NEW EDITION of this book provides in-depth and enriched insights into all the functional areas of Retail Management. It comprehensively blends the global and Indian retailing scenarios and the trends and growth prospects for the retail industry in India. It explores the subject extensively – from basic retail topics like location planning and store planning to the current-age global themes like multichannel retailing and international retailing – along with appropriate illustrations and cases. While elucidating retail store operating principles vividly, it also underscores the significance of the impact of technology & automation in today’s retailing. The book will serve as a suitable text for students specializing in retailing and as valuable reference for working professionals in this sector. Key Features — Provides distinct perspectives on both retailing in India and in international markets — Treats in detail the buying & merchandising section with separate chapters on merchandise planning, buying, category management, private labels and pricing — Comprises 29 chapters under 5 major sections and includes topics on international retailing, multichannel retailing, rural retailing, consumer behaviour, legal issues, etc. — Discusses Indian case studies and examples among the global ones, for an easier understanding of the subject — Presents updates on recent retail concepts and initiatives practiced in retail organizations
Download or read book Concepts and Cases in Retail and Merchandise Management written by Nancy J. Rabolt and published by Fairchild Books & Visuals. This book was released on 1997 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This combination textbook/casebook brings the study of retail and merchandise management to life. These ninety-five cases present a wide variety of actual situations, at all levels of management. Readers are asked to analyze inside information on businesses ranging from small sole proprietorships to industry titans. Each chapter begins with a detailed overview of the concepts raised, allowing the book to be used alone or as a companion volume to another text.
Download or read book Merchandise Buying and Management written by John Donnellan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-09-21 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of Merchandise Buying and Management has been updated to cover the most current information on merchandising and retailing. Written for college-level courses dealing with retail buying and the management for retail inventories, the text covers topics relevant to future buyers and store management personnel. The material is presented within the context of a contemporary retail environment-with examples from both fashion and non-fashion retailers-in which buyers often act as fiscal managers as well as product developers, and store managers play important roles in sales productivity and assortment planning. Retail technology is a theme that runs throughout the book, tied to topics such as space management, electronic data exchange, point-of-sale systems, and floor ready merchandise.
Download or read book Perry s Department Store A Buying Simulation written by Karen M. Videtic and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perry's Department Store: A Buying Simulation, 4th Edition, launches students into the exciting role of being a retail buyer in the fashion industry using a unique simulation approach that takes readers step-by-step through a real-life buying experience. The text is organized into 10 chapters that walk students through the various steps a new buyer would take to complete a six-month buying plan and a merchandise assortment plan for the women's contemporary apparel, junior apparel, women's accessories, men's apparel and accessories, men's contemporary apparel, children's, or home furnishings markets. The fourth edition has been revised with statistical information to reflect a more contemporary structure and business model for a successful department store. The new Perry's Department Store is organized to reflect a larger-scale department store in today's market. Students interact by researching current market and industry trends to build their business. The charts and worksheets in this book and companion website, Perry's Department Store: A Buying Simulation STUDIO, are replicas of those found in the retail and wholesale industry to expose students to the procedures and policies they can expect to find in a first job as an assistant buyer. This new edition and STUDIO launch students directly into the exciting role of a retail buyer in the fashion industry.
Download or read book Perry s Department Store written by Karen M. Guthrie and published by Delmar Pub. This book was released on 1996 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book increases the student's understanding of the buyer's responsibilities by placing them in a real life situation. The reader learns to research new market and clothing trends, project sales, make stock requirements and mark-downs. They develop a merchandise plan and see how the use of advertising, publicity and public relations relates to the buyer's perspective and the ability to use these factors to increase sales of a department.
Download or read book Perry s Department Store A Buying Simulation written by Karen M. Videtic and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perry's Department Store: A Buying Simulation, 4th Edition, launches students into the exciting role of being a retail buyer in the fashion industry using a unique simulation approach that takes readers step-by-step through a real-life buying experience. The text is organized into 10 chapters that walk students through the various steps a new buyer would take to complete a six-month buying plan and a merchandise assortment plan for the women's contemporary apparel, junior apparel, women's accessories, men's apparel and accessories, men's contemporary apparel, children's, or home furnishings markets. The fourth edition has been revised with statistical information to reflect a more contemporary structure and business model for a successful department store. The new Perry's Department Store is organized to reflect a larger-scale department store in today's market. Students interact by researching current market and industry trends to build their business. The charts and worksheets in this book and companion website, Perry's Department Store: A Buying Simulation STUDIO, are replicas of those found in the retail and wholesale industry to expose students to the procedures and policies they can expect to find in a first job as an assistant buyer. This new edition and STUDIO launch students directly into the exciting role of a retail buyer in the fashion industry. PLEASE NOTE: Purchasing or renting this ISBN does not include access to the STUDIO resources that accompany this text. To receive free access to the STUDIO content with new copies of this book, please refer to the book + STUDIO access card bundle ISBN 9781501395307. STUDIO Instant Access can also be purchased or rented separately on BloomsburyFashionCentral.com.
Download or read book Merchandise Buying written by Maryanne Smith Bohlinger and published by Fairchild Books & Visuals. This book was released on 2001-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently in its fifth edition, Merchandise Buying is a comprehensive text for students interested in the art and process behind retail merchandise buying. A standard in the field, this book also works well as a review of basic buying and merchandising principles for the practitioner and those already in business wishing to strengthen their entrepreneurial and managerial skills. Each section contains mini-cases that reinforce text material by presenting typical retail situations that students can relate to. Touching on the current state of buying, including diversification and mergers, socioeconomic forces, and the globalization of retailing, Bohlinger, a recognized name in the field, provides practical information in a clear and engaging fashion for students to use in determining their career goals. Instructor's Guide includes suggested course outlines, answers to discussion and review questions, solutions to end of part case studies, and text bank.
Download or read book The Art of Retail Buying written by Marie-Louise Jacobsen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buying for retail is a demanding and challenging job that requiresa creative flair, a strong awareness of fashion trends, life trendsas well as good interpersonal and team working skills. Buyers andmerchandisers have to ensure that the right merchandise is beingsent to the right stores, at the right time, in the rightquantities. This takes a blend of forward planning and rapidresponse to consumer demands. In combination with the other areasof the business, success comes from maximizing profit, which isachieved through anticipating customer needs and responding rapidlyto immediate issues. It involves complex data analysis, liaisonwith the stores operation teams and balancing store stock levels. To succeed as a professional buyer, you will need stronganalytical and numerical skills, an interest and understanding ofconsumer demands and strong commercial awareness. You also need tohave an ability to understand and prioritize issues quickly andefficiently. Progression into the Merchandising function alsoinvolves the ability to manage change. The better equipped you arein your buying function the better you will be able to adapt tothese changes. The best change of all is to graduate from a goodbuyer to an outstanding one! To handle the complexity of data and to enable you to contributeeffectively in the critical role of a buyer, you need the rightskill-sets and a right mind-set. Both of which can be learned inThe Art of Retail Buying. This easy to read guide is written in a concise & pictorialstyle with colorful images that enables you to follow step-by-stepeach function of a buyer. The Art of Retail Buyingwill inspire you, motivate you and encourage you towardsmerchandising excellence!
Download or read book Management of Retail Buying written by R. Patrick Cash and published by . This book was released on 1995-01-23 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The end objective of buying and merchandising is to achieve sales and gross margin objectives through effective merchandise management of a department or group of departments." —from Management of Retail Buying, Third Edition There is more to retail buying than simply forecasting consumer demand. The successful buyer employs a complex constellation of skill, art, and careful study to plan and manage the flow of merchandise from the wholesaler or marketer to the consumer. This book contains the combined wisdom, knowledge, and hard-won savvy of three of the world's foremost authorities on managing retail buying, each of whom brought a lifetime of experience to the creation of this third edition of the most important book in every retail buyer's library. This comprehensive volume covers every aspect of retail buying, from targeting desired consumers and purchasing goods tailored to their tastes and needs, to negotiating with vendors, managing inventory, and using computers to expedite the buying process. Management of Retail Buying is organized into three parts: The Buying Process, Planning and Managing Merchandise Assortments, and Where and How to Buy. Part I features an overview of the buyer's milieu; a look at how the buying process can be organized and controlled; and in-depth descriptions of the several types of buying groups, how they function, and their similarities and differences. Part II focuses on the keys to understanding the consumer, forecasting demand, and using that forecast as a basis for selecting merchandise. Because retailers of staple goods face a very different set of objectives and problems from retailers of fashion and seasonal merchandise, separate chapters are devoted to planning and control of assortments in these different types of establishments. The book's final section examines the world of suppliers, vendors, price negotiations, order placement, special services from vendors, and actual acquisition of the merchandise. The authors provide authoritative and timeless advice on competitive strategies and tactics, foreign buying, controlling the logistical factors that lie between the purchase of goods and their delivery to the point of sale, and much more. Whether you're a seasoned retail veteran or a student or novice hoping to make retailing your life's work, Management of Retail Buying, Third Edition is destined to become the most highly prized volume on your bookshelf. The standard text/reference for retail buying and merchandising is now revised, expanded, and updated for the 1990s and beyond . . . This Third Edition of one of the classics in retailing literature combines the timeless wisdom of three of the industry's giants with a detailed examination of the current state of the retailer's art. It provides comprehensive coverage of every aspect of retail buying and how to manage the buying process in order to maximize profits and minimize losses. It also offers in-depth discussions of the numerous skills and techniques needed to succeed as a buyer or merchandise manager in today's competitive retail environment, including: Organizing and controlling the buying process Understanding consumer demographics and psychographics Identifying consumer trends and forecasting demand Analyzing and interpreting sales records Planning and control of merchandise assortments Using computers to increase competitiveness Shopping vendor lines and negotiating prices and services And much more
Download or read book Merchandise Buying Mgmt 3 E written by John Donnellan and published by Fairchild Books & Visuals. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features - New visuals illustrating retailing principles and organization of the retail industry - Extensive coverage of Internet retailing and international merchandising - Updated examples, tables, analysis of retail sales figures, and list of retail organizations - More detailed explanation of mathematical concepts - New section on vendor-sponsored store merchandising programs and expanded store fixtures section - Contemporary company profiles on retailers - Instructor's Guide by Patricia Mink Rath of the International Academy of Design and Technology, Chicago. Includes chapter teaching tips, suggestions for individual and team projects, references, case studies, answers to end-of-chapter discussion questions and problems - PowerPoint Presentation by Patricia Mink Rath of the International Academy of Design and Technology, Chicago. Slides provide the basis for a chapter-by-chapter lecture outline that helps you to present concepts and materials. The presentation is available on CD-ROM; compatible with PC and Mac Platforms
Download or read book Retail Product Management written by Rosemary Varley and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
