From Fashion Retail Business Operations and Functions to completing your own Fashion Retail Project. Grasp the necessary knowledge for your career in fashion, merchandising, buying or marketing.
Financial & Professional Services
From Fashion Retail Business Operations and Functions to completing your own Fashion Retail Project. Grasp the necessary knowledge for your career in fashion, merchandising, buying or marketing.
Throughout this one year course, you will study the functions of retail operations and store management. You will explore the internal and external factors that influence fashion businesses across the world. Examining the fundamentals of consumer profiling and data analysis, and learning how to use this information to maximise sales and profits for a brand. You’ll also investigate the effect of technology and shifting consumer needs on brands and discover how retailers must adapt to thrive in the global market.
We'll teach you business management skills, including how to identify new target audiences and market opportunities and how to use these to create successful business plans.
This course is perfect if you aren’t sure which fashion career path you’d like to take. You can progress into an entry-level role in many sectors, including marketing, merchandising, buying, operations or production.
Unit 1: Understanding Past, Present and Future Contexts in Fashion Retail
Explore cultural, historical and contemporary factors that influence the retail industry.
Unit 2: Preparation for Progression
Develop skills for career planning, portfolios, and higher education or employment pathways.
Unit 3: Consumer Behaviour and Marketing in Retail
Analyse consumer behaviour and learn how businesses use marketing, branding and data to increase sales.
Unit 4: Retail Environments
Examine the impact of physical and digital retail environments and their operational structures.
Unit 5: Retail Business Operations and Functions
Understand business functions, management and financial operations in the retail sector.
Unit 6: Individual Negotiated Retail Project
Plan and deliver an independent project that consolidates learning across the course
1 A-level/ Five GCSEs grade 4 and above including English and Maths
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