Fashion & Retail Specialists

London College of Fashion

Foundation & Undergraduate Honours course. Lectures in

• Buying & Merchandising
• Supply Chain Management
• Business Strategy
• Business Enterprise

Buying & Merchandising - subjects covered include

• Current retail climate
• Retail industry structure
• B & M rules and responsibilities
• The buying cycle and calender
• Competiton analysis
• Range planning and forecasting
• Buying and costing
• Sourcing and supply chain
• Stock management
• Retail allocation

Supply Chain Management - subjects covered include

• The nature of supply chains
• Own label and brand supply chains
• Sourcing around the world
• Relative world region costs
• Non cost factors
• Suppliers costings
• Buying to price points
• Stock control
• Initial and replenishment allocation

Business Strategy - subjects covered include

• Creative industry professional business development
• Introduction to business strategy
• What makes creative industries different?
• Strategy as a process
• Strategy approaches, the evolution of business strategy
• Strategy and marketing
• Strategy and operations management
• Strategy and human resources, styles of management
• Strategy and finance

Business Enterprise - subjects covered include

• Start-Ups in creative industries
• Design, patents and trade marks
• The business plan
• Financing a new business
• Legal entities
• Sources of help and advice