Fashion Business / Fashion Merchandising

The fashion industry isn't just about designing clothing, it is a business that requires people with the skills in the areas of management, marketing, merchandising, sales, buying and more.

Business skills are essential to any fashion designer wanting to start their own label, as to be successful in this competitive world, designers must have keen business skills.

If you would like a career as a merchandiser, stylist, fashion buyer, marketing manager, fashion forecaster, fashion coordinator, fashion journalist, production manager, visual merchandiser, retail store owner or designer, then the Advanced Diploma of Fashion & Textiles Merchandising course will give you the knowledge and skills you need to start your career in the fashion business.

What is fashion merchandising?

Fashion merchandisers can be in charge of product development, production, buying, promotion and marketing, sales, retail management and visual merchandising. Fashion merchandisers work behind the scenes to get fashion products to the customer and building profit and growth for the business. Fashion merchandisers require fashion sense as well as business and marketing skills.

Take a look at McKenzie Fashion Recruitment's discription of the role of a fashion merchandiser here: http://www.mckenziefashion.com/Content_Common/pg-interested-careers-fashion-merchandising.seo to find out what a merchandiser does.

Fashion Business Courses

 

Full Time Fashion Courses	Next Start Date
Diploma of Fashion Business	15th March 10

 

Part Time Fashion Business Courses	Next Start Date
Fashion Retailing, Marketing & Merchandising	6th May 10

 

Fashion Business Short Courses	Next Start Date
Fashion Business & Merchandising	13th March 10
Fashion Buying	TBA
Fashion Marketing - Coming Soon!	TBA
Fashion Business Management - Coming Soon!	TBA
Visual Merchandising for Fashion - Coming Soon!	TBA

 

Correspondence Courses	Next Start Date
Fashion Business & Merchandising	Start any time!