Mother’s Day is a major gift-giving time in the retail cycle and one that needs to be handled very carefully by merchandise planners… Whilst a much smaller sales peak than Christmas, Mother’s Day is a very important time for retailers particularly in the area of...
Under no stretch of the imagination can anyone working in retail young or old say that the last 12 months have been nothing more than unparalleled and extraordinary. Not only did we all have to learn to work and collaborate in new and different ways, but many...
Being an intern is an exciting opportunity that allows for the transition from higher education into the workplace gaining that all important ‘work experience’. But what is an intern? An intern is essentially work experience, for an extended period of time. Now you...
When people think about negotiating, they usually think it is about getting the price you want for something, but that’s just haggling. Negotiation is about so much more. We negotiate every day, in business, with our boss and colleagues and at home with our partner...
Some years ago, when working as a fashion buyer, I had a partner who was colour blind. Not only did he struggle to distinguish between different colours, but he couldn’t describe a colour either. So, when I would talk about a fern green, a sage green, an olive green...
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