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Retail Merchandiser Buying House Merchandiser Exporters or Manufacturers Merchandiser
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Retail Organization
Buying House
Buying Cycle Let us understand how a merchandise comes into the stores
Buying Cycles
The fashion industry traditionally splits the year into 2 main seasons : spring/summer ( Feb to July ) and autumn/winter (August to January) . But , the competitive and constantly changing fashion business has introduced a more frequent introduction of merchandise i.e. introducing a new range every 3 months.
Buying Cycle
The buying Cycle refers to the key events & the processes in which the fashion buyer is involved in order to buy a garment range for a retail or a mail order company. The length of the buying cycle varies between company to companyusually takes a year between reviewing the current seasons sale and delivering into stores.
Below Table lists the main events in buying cycle chronologically( Example of buying cycle for a phase 1 autumn/winter range)
Review of Current season's sales Budget Planning Comparative Shopping Directional Shopping Fabric Sourcing ( for samples) Range Planning Garment Sourcing for range presentation Pre-selection Price Negotiation with supplier Final Range Selection Placing orders for ranges Product development-sample fittings,fabric testing Bulk Garment Manufacture Delivery of products to retailer Purchase by Customer early August mid august august to september august to october october to december october to november november early december november to december mid december december to january January to april April to July June to August August to October
10th Feb 10th March 11th March-12th April 12-Apr 20th April-10th May 12th April 10th April-20th April 20th April-10th May 20th May-30th July
1st April 1st May 2nd May-3rd June 3rd June 10th June-30th June 3rd June 1st June-10th June 10th June-20th June 1st July-5th Sept
1st May 1st June 2nd June-3rd July 3rd July 10th July-30th July 3rd July 1st July-10th July 10th July-20th July 1st Aug-5th Oct 10th Oct-20th Oct 1st Nov
10th Sept-20th 1st Aug-10th Aug Sept 20th Aug 30th Sept
RIG LADIES
FULL PRICE SALE MC RIG Ladies Knits RIG Ladies Blouses RIG Ladies Bottoms TOTAL INWARD 39964 41749 12041 93754 SOLD 24068 25043 5732 54843 ST 60% 60% 48% 58%
END OF EOSS INWARD 41680 45072 13556 100308 SOLD 34146 37511 10359 82016 ST 82% 83% 76% 82%
PANTALOON QTY MC RIG Ladies Knits RIG Ladies Blouses RIG Ladies Bottoms TOTAL AWS/ AW 08 947 763 344 2055 AWS/A W 09 864 945 750 2559 VARIANCE -9% 24% 118% 25% AWS/ AW 08 5.89 3.10 3.29 12.29 VALUE AWS/ AW 09 6.78 4.73 7.63 19.15 VARIANCE 15% 53% 132% 56%
*AW09: PT-wks 7 to 11; CT wks 9 to 11 *AW08: PT- wks 9 to 13, CT- wks 11 to 13
HIT 1 MC RIG Ladies Knits RIG Ladies Blouses RIG Ladies Bottoms TOTAL STOCK 20412 25126 10836 56374
TOTAL SOLD 4716 5020 4302 14038 ST 23% 20% 40% 25%
TOTAL MC RIG Ladies Knits RIG Ladies Blouses RIG Ladies Bottoms TOTAL STOCK 43499 49658 20654 113811 ACTUAL AWS 1053 1208 907 3168 SOLD 5291 5894 4441 15626 NWC 36 36 18 31
MC T-SHIRTS T-SHIRTS T-SHIRTS BLOUSES BLOUSES BOTTOMS BOTTOMS BOTTOMS T-SHIRTS BLOUSES BLOUSES BLOUSES
STYLE NO RT-595, 599/RT-205, 699/RT-586, 499/RW-593, 699/Core Tunic, 999/RB-540, 899/RB-800A, 1299/Core Cargo, 1099/RT-601, 399/RT-200, 499/RW-644, 399/RW-645, 799/-
ARTICLE
Butterfly allover print empire line top Burntout long open front top Single dyed cotton viscose tee Ramie collar shirt with self fabric belt Twill tunic with canvas belt Slim ribstop cargo Cargo with turnup option & canvas belt Poplin cargo with lace belt Entry price point flock print tee Tee with chest print & stud detailing Entry price point dented dobby shirt Shiffly long top with ruching at sides