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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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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.