Saturday, January 23, 2010

Trippier & Associates LLC Apparel Buyer (Los Angeles)

Learn and practice what store's are all about.

o Image of our store

o Fashion taste of our customer

Research fashion trends and shop competition.

o Read trade magazines for current trends.

o Study StyleSight for relevant directions.

o Shop competition.

o Propose trend directions for the upcoming season.

Review OTB, analyze weekly business and make appropriate purchases.

o Study Best Seller reports on Mondays and place the reorders.

o Review OTB and other weekly reports to determine our needs.

o Shop vendors, and decide on final buys.

Review sales and inventory plan periodically and advise the planner of changes, if necessary.

Review store inventory and instruct directions to the allocator as needed.

o Examine Store Analysis report to maintain optimum inventory by category at each store.

o Visit our stores to confirm your buys and assortment.

Communicate with Visual Merchandiser and field managers to facilitate sales.

o Communicate with stores to find out about their issues.

o Follow up on proper execution of markdowns and promotions..

o Provide information to Visual merchandiser to help direct visual presentations.

Submit monthly recap of business.

o Analyze what’s sold, on hand, on order, and weeks of supply by category.

o Review hits and misses to prepare for the future purchase decisions.

o Propose promotions or markdowns when needed.



Posted by Kris Iringan

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