FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN
Department of Textile and Fashion Design
FB 401 | Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Name |
Fashion Merchandising Management
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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FB 401
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Fall/Spring
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2
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2
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3
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4
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Elective
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | - | |||||
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| Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | • The course is intended to provide students with detailed information about fashion buying and merchandising. • The course also aims to explain the role and importance of marketing in designing, merchandising and buying a range of fashion products. • By bringing together both theoretical and practical ideas and examples, the course aims to provide a foundation for those students who aim to develop a career in the fashion industry, especially as a fashion buyer, merchandiser, product manager, brand manager or a designer. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | • Fashion Merchandising Management Course is designed to have knowledge on fashion merchandising management and fashion buying; forecasting and analysing trends; consumer behaviour; market research; consumer segmentation, targeting and positioning; product development process; developing a collection in line with sales and purchasing budgets, trends, brand identity and target market; merchandise planning; pricing strategies; sourcing process; supply chain management; inventory management; and visual merchandising. |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses |
X
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| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction and course orientation: Main concepts and overview of apparel and fashion retail industries. | Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Introduction Apparel Merchandising-Chapter 1,2 |
| 2 | Defining merchandising and merchandising process: Role and responsibilities of a merchandiser. | Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Chapter 2 Apparel Merchandising-Chapter 1,2 |
| 3 | Defining fashion buying: Role and responsibilities of a fashion buyer. | Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Chapter 1 |
| 4 | Fashion design management: Forecasting; trend follow-up and analysis. | Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management- Chapter 3 |
| 5 | Understanding consumer behaviour. | Retailing Management-Chapter 7 Fashion Marketing-Chapter 1 |
| 6 | Market research: Market segmentation, targeting, positioning and planning. | Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Chapter 4 Apparel Merchandising-Chapter 3 Retailing Management-Chapter 7,8 |
| 7 | .MIDTERM | |
| 8 | Merchandise planning: Developing and implementing merchandise plans; range and line development. | Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Chapter 6 Apparel Merchandising-Chapter 4,5,6 Retailing Management-Chapter 14 |
| 9 | Formation and planning of the buying calendar and the budget: Pricing strategies and developing a collection plan in line with sales and purchasing budgets. | Apparel Merchandising-Chapter 7 Retailing Management-Chapter 15,16,17 |
| 10 | Sourcing process and strategies: Supply chain management. | Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Chapter 7 Apparel Merchandising-Chapter 9,10,11 Retailing Management-Chapter 15 |
| 11 | Stock (inventory) management and distribution channels. | Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Chapter 8 Retailing Management-Chapter 15,16 |
| 12 | Retail formats; visual merchandising; retail atmosphere. | Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Chapter 9 Retailing Management-Chapter 18 |
| 13 | Future trends in buying and merchandising. | Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management-Chapter 10 Apparel Merchandising-Chapter 12 |
| 14 | Semester Evaluation | |
| 15 | Finals-Date to be confirmed | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | • Tim Jackson and David Shaw, Mastering Fashion Buying and Merchandising Management, Palgrave Master Series, 2001 (available at IEU library). • Jeremy A. Rosenau and David L. Wilson, Apparel Merchandising: The Line Starts Here, Fairchild Publications, 2001 (available at IEU library). • M. Levy and B.A. Weitz, Retailing Management, McGraw-Hill, 5th edition, 2004 (available at IEU library). Above stated book chapters, powerpoint presentations, selected cases and examples. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | • Leslie Davis Burns and Nancy O. Bryant, The Business of Fashion: Designing, Manufacturing, and Marketing, Fairchild Publications, 2007 (available at IEU library). • Tim Jackson and David Shaw, Mastering Fashion Marketing, Palgrave Master Series, 2009 (available at IEU library). • Maurice J. Johnson and Evelyn C. Moore, Apparel Product Development, Prentice Hall, 2001 (available at IEU library). • Ellen Diamond, Fashion Retailing, Pearson, 2nd edition, 2006 (available at IEU library) • Tim Jackson and David Shaw, The Fashion Handbook, Routledge, 2006 (available at IEU library). |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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10
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
2
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20
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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40
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 60 |
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 40 |
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| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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4
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64
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
0
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
2
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19
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38
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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| Project |
0
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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4
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4
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| Final Exam |
1
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4
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4
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| Total |
110
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1 |
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4 |
5 |
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| 1 | To be able to develop and design a collection independently. |
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| 2 | To be able to do maintain a design research individually or as a team. |
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| 3 | To be able to develop entrepreneurship- and managerial skills for a future professional practice. |
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| 4 | To be able to understand, interpret and apply theoretical knowledge in fashion and textile design. |
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| 5 | To be able to analyze and integrate the particular local and regional needs and of their profession. |
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| 6 | To be able to obtain a multidisciplinary point of view, follow and analyze the new issues, changes and trends in contemporary design and art in such a way that they can be integrated into design practice. |
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| 7 | To be able to apply industrial requirements, knowledge of material & usage and know-how knowledge in the creation of high quality fashion products. |
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| 8 | To be able to use digital information and communication technologies at a level that is adequate to the discipline of fashion and textile design. |
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| 9 | To be able to develop an ongoing analytical and professional approach to academic and design research. |
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| 10 | To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen area of interest. |
X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of fashion and textile design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). |
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| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
X | ||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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