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fashion merchandising!
i've been thinking about what i want to do, and i've always wanted to do something in fashion but not really fashion design. i just like to be around all that kind of stuff so does anyone know what kid of jobs are offered if you major in fashion merchandising? are they good jobs? i might also double major in Fashion Merchandising and Textiles & Clothing. i'm only a sophomore but yeah i'm just getting started.
thanks a ton!
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Think of fashion merchandising as 'clothing marketing.' Basicly, your job would be to arrange clothing and accessories in such a way as to catch the customer's attention and drive sales. For example: let's say that it's summer time. What is a seasonal item that people buy a lot of during the summer? Bathing suits. First, you'd pull the brightly coloured bathing suits to the front of all the racks, to draw the customer's attention. Then to drive sales, you'd place items that could be purchased in addition to the bathing suit. Matching flip-flops, beach towels, beach bags, straw hats, etc. That's a simple example and a lot more goes into it... But you'd learn all about that in school.
So... You could work in a store... Or you could work for the corporate headquarters. Working for corporate would probably include a list of various jobs, including: buyer (the person responsible for picking out and buying the clothing from manufacturers and ensuring the distribution to various stores) visual presentation (making charts that would direct employees that work at the store level to arrange clothing in the aforementioned way) and many others... For example, I have a friend that worked as a district visual presentation... something. Basicly, his job was to drive around the different stores in his territory and direct the department supervisors in setting up their departments. Before that, he was part of a set-up crew that went to new stores and helped them set up the sales floor for the grand opening.
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I don't know to much in fashion merchandising but i work at Wal Mart in Apperal as a Sales Associate. I love selling clothes helping someone decide helping them pick things out telling them what looks good. You could run a store ordering the clothing that which you sell. google what you are interested it might take a little bit but youll find everything you need.
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