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How to Break Into Fashion Buying Without a Degree

by Beverley Chambers | Thu,May,2025 | Career Advice

How to Break Into Fashion Buying Without a Degree If you’ve ever looked at a product on the shop floor and thought, “I’d love to be the one choosing what ends up in stores,” then you’ve already started thinking like a fashion buyer. But here’s the truth: you don’t...

What is Quality Assurance in Fashion?

by Beverley Chambers | Thu,Jul,2021 | Education, Sourcing & Supply Chain

Let’s first look at the difference between Quality Control and Quality Assurance.  The former is playing the role of gate keeper.  It is checking that the stock meets your expected quality standards once the product has been made and then accepting or rejecting that...
How to land that first BIG job

How to land that first BIG job

by Beverley Chambers | Thu,Apr,2021 | Career Advice, Education, Uncategorized

So, you have finished Uni, you have done your fair share of casual jobs along the way to pay the bills and now you want to land that all-important entry-level role to launch your dream career.  How should you go about it? Like many people I undertook a two-week, work...
Five attributes that make a great merchandise planner

Five attributes that make a great merchandise planner

by Beverley Chambers | Thu,Apr,2021 | Education, Merchandise Planning, Uncategorized

We know that buyers and planners have different skill sets and that their roles are often seen as complementary, but what are the attributes of a great merchandise planner? Analytical and organised First and foremost, anyone considering a career in planning needs to...
How do merchandise planners handle seasonal events like Mother’s Day?

How do merchandise planners handle seasonal events like Mother’s Day?

by Beverley Chambers | Tue,Apr,2021 | Education, Merchandise Planning

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...
The reason why, as we head out of COVID, retailers need to invest in developing their teams’ capabilities.

The reason why, as we head out of COVID, retailers need to invest in developing their teams’ capabilities.

by Beverley Chambers | Tue,Apr,2021 | Education, Fashion Buying, Merchandise Planning

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...
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