ASSORTMENT PLANNING

• Assortment Building Intro
• Assortment Planning Language
• CASE: Basics Retailers - Uniqlo
• Key Item assortment strategy
• Size Analysis
• Average Retail vs. Sell Price
• Test your skills | Improving Cumulative Markup

CATEGORY PLANNING

• Category Planning Methods
• Contribution reports 
• Commodity-Based Assortment Plans 
• Test your skills | Opportunity and Risk at Ralph Lauren

 

 DISTRIBUTION & ALLOCATION

• Negotiating for distribution
• Brand Matrix
• Initial Sales Plans
• Store Clusters
• Store Space Allocations
• Inventory Distribution 

• Negotiating for a return to vendor (RTV)