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Merchandise buying and management / John Donnellan.

By: Donnellan, John.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Fairchild Publications, c2002Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xix, 474 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1563671905; 9781563671906.Subject(s): Purchasing | Merchandising | Retail & wholesale industries | Business mathematics & systems | Fashion & textilesDDC classification: 381.1 DON
Contents:
Retail merchandising -- Retailing formats -- Retail locations -- Retail growth and expansion -- Communicating with consumers -- Fashion merchandising -- Brands and private labels -- Merchandise resources -- Measures of productivity -- Merchandising accounting -- Inventory valuation -- Retail pricing -- Planning sales and inventory -- Purchase terms -- Merchandising controls and report analysis -- Store layout and merchandise presentation.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This second edition contains information on merchandising and retailing. Written for college-level courses dealing with retail buying and the management of retail inventories, the text covers topics relevant to future buyers and store-management personnel. The material is presented within the context of a contemporary retail environment.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Retail merchandising -- Retailing formats -- Retail locations -- Retail growth and expansion -- Communicating with consumers -- Fashion merchandising -- Brands and private labels -- Merchandise resources -- Measures of productivity -- Merchandising accounting -- Inventory valuation -- Retail pricing -- Planning sales and inventory -- Purchase terms -- Merchandising controls and report analysis -- Store layout and merchandise presentation.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • The Structure of the Retail
  • Industry-Retail Merchandising-Retailing
  • Formats-Retail Locations-Retail
  • Growth and Expansion-Communicating with Consumers
  • The Development and Distribution of Consumer Products-Fashion
  • Merchandising-Brands and Private
  • Labels-Merchandise Resources
  • The Financial Aspects of Merchandising-Measures of Productivity-Merchandising Accounting-Inventory Valuation
  • Pricing, Planning, and Purchasing Retail Inventories-Retail Pricing-Planning Sales and Inventory-Purchase Terms
  • Merchandise Control and Presentation-Merchandising Controls and Report Analysis
  • Text Features
  • New visuals illustrating retailing principles and organisation of the retail industry
  • Extensive coverage of Internet retailing and international merchandising
  • Updated examples, tables, analysis of retail sales figures and list of retail organisations
  • More detailed explanation of mathematical concepts
  • New section on vendor-sponsored store merchandising programmes and expanded store fixtures section
  • Contemporary company profiles on retailers
  • Instructor's Guide
  • Includes chapter teaching tips, suggestions for individual and team projects, references, case studies and answers to end-of-chapter discussion questions and problems
  • PowerPoint (R) Presentation
  • Slides provide the basis for a chapter-by-chapter lecture outline that helps you to present concepts and materials
  • The presentation is available on CD-ROM
  • compatible with PC and MAC platforms