It is the product which initially attracts professionals to a career in retail. What supports that product - from production to sales - is math. Mastering the commerce of retail, luxury, apparel and fashion includes driving business productivity. A deeper understanding of the fundamentals will help you enhance your skills, business, and career. 

Making the most of inventory and space will have a large affect on both top and bottom line figures. Improving productivity through turnover, stock-to-sales management, and employee productivity is often difficult to execute. Get a handle on the best practices and how those who are doing it differently succeed.

To see markdowns in a new way, a mastery of the connection between consumer psychology, brand strength, and the commerce of markdowns is key. Deepen your understanding at the item and market level. The tools, content, and best-practice resources will enable a stronger strategy, from the first to the last markdown.

Course access is available for four (4) weeks from time of purchase.

Trend forecasting is first and foremost staying ahead of the curve – understanding consumer, design, business, and retail trends. Master forecasts also create insightful reports and tools for retailers and brands. Learn from the best in branding, fashion, and retail today.

Course access is available for four (4) weeks from time of purchase.

Demand planning is truly an art and a science. A good pre-season plan has elements of risk management built in, with optimism for the best business opportunities. If you are a distributor, a sales rep, buyer, or merchandise planner, you’ll get something out of this workshop. Join us. 

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This course is now offered through our partner organization ProductLytics at the Retail Training Agency.

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This online Merchandise Planning Course emphasizes the interconnectedness between the various aspects of a profitable business: sales, the customer, markdowns, inventory management, store productivity, and supplier capabilities.

Delivering profit plans while executing company strategy requires a talented planning individual. It requires a thorough understanding of how each business metric interacts with one another. Add in cross-functional team buy-in, consumer perception, and loyalty, and a master merchandise planner is more than a number cruncher.

This course is for you if work in brand wholesale sales, buying, retail management or in other merchandise functions. This online merchandising training will help you better understand the retail merchandise plan, and how to use it to derive key business insights and support your business strategies.

This course is offered through our partner Productlytics.

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In-season business management can be the difference between exceeding your sales and profit plan this year, and waiting until next buy season to execute changes. Quickly identify opportunities, risks, and trends. Balance what best-in-class retailers and brands are doing with the industry's innovators. Drive business today.

Workshop is available for four (4) weeks from the time of purchase. 

Wholesale is equal parts creative, business, and people. To be successful, you must develop effective sell strategies, line plans, product assortments, and demand plans. Working with internal brand teams and external retailers is a challenge to balance, but mastering sales and brand management requires both.

New ideas to apply in your business, how to leverage the business’ current strengths, and identifying and moving on best opportunities are this courses core. Dive in, pick up something new, improve your business and step up in your career. 

Make data-driven decisions that will grow your business your relationship with your retail customers. 

To be a great retail buyer, you need to be a master of three skill sets:

• Product selection
• Business management
• Negotiation

Connecting the creative aspects of buying with strong business acumen and relationship building skills is key to a successful buying career. It is the buyer’s responsibility to drive sales and profit while simultaneously identifying trends that will be important for the customer.

Whether a buyer, buying assistant or wholesale account manager, there are many factors to consider when planning an assortment. How do you best connect what you have seen in the market with your post-season findings, customer psychology, and future plans? The AP workshop has the tools, case studies, and content to master this aspect of retail commerce.

Course access is available for four (4) weeks from time of purchase.