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Rebecca Lurie

The Role of The Ethical Fashion Buyer and Stylist | Sustainable FashionSustainable Fashion - 0 views

  •  Fashion buyers must be imaginative, creative, perceptive and objective kind of people. They need to be self-assured, persuasive and prepared to take risks.
    • Rebecca Lurie
       
      With mindfulness you do use your imagination in different ways.  (possible relation with this field) 
  • One issue that concerns me is the time-sensitive issue in the fashion world.
Rebecca Lurie

Buyer (fashion) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • gotiate prices and details of delivery with the supplier.
  • can determine the optimum cost price which they should expect to pay.
  • The buyers want to buy the garments at the lowest possible price
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  • iscuss ideas with the merchandising, marketing, and quality control departments.
  • interact frequently with other departments within the company to get advice.
    • Rebecca Lurie
       
      Fashion Buyers have to work with almost every department in the fashion industry. 
Rebecca Lurie

Fashion Marketing - Tony Hines, Margaret Bruce - Google Books - 0 views

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    look at the conclusion 
aldi gjoka

Why I love and hate having a smartphone - The Oatmeal - 0 views

    • Emily Vargas
       
      Some people are very gullible. They look up what they want to know the answer to and believe any answer they find first online
    • Emily Vargas
       
      I think there are some ways you can work from home. But you shouldn't always do that. My aunt works from home answering phones for a company . I don't understand how you can answer the calls when your not even there.
    • Emily Vargas
       
      My phone is the reason why i always go to sleep late!!
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    • Emily Vargas
       
      This article is very true & very relatable 
    • aldi gjoka
       
      This is a great example of how far technology has come 
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    the technology keeps us linked.  Way for fashion buyers to see what people are looking for and what they want to buy in the fashion world
Rebecca Lurie

Fashion Buyers Tap Business Smarts - WSJ.com - 0 views

  • look for clothing, sometimes several seasons ahead of time, which will eventually be sold in stores.
  • spent doing retail analysis and communicating with store associates and managers about how to make smart purchasing decisions and minimize marked-down inventory.
  • spend long hours working while on business trips, though tacking on extras days to sightsee abroad
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  • learn about looks a year before they hit stores and have the power to bring those pieces to the sales floor,
  • build relationships with designers who can set their retail outlets apart.
  • specially stressful in this economy because people want to buy merchandise on sale."
  • Each level typically takes one or two years to climb. After five to seven years experience, buyers can become divisional merchandise managers, overseeing a group of buyers.
Rebecca Lurie

Mindfulness Requires Practice and Purpose - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • spend less time worrying about the future or fretting about the past.
    • Rebecca Lurie
       
      with being a fashion buyer you always have to look in the future in order to get a head start on what fashions people may find appealing. 
  • Mindfulness may not be the answer to every ill. But it may be the answer to some.
  • feel more focused and more connected to yourself and others.
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  • It sounds simple, but it’s not, because it so goes against the grain of how most of us think and operate.
  • mindfulness can “create a world where you experience depth, meaning and connectedness. You see joy and sadness more fully and settle more deeply into an authentic way of being.”
Lexy Martin

Seth's Blog: Ode: How to tell a great story - 0 views

  • Great stories succeed because they are able to capture the imagination of large or important audiences.
  • A great story is true. Not necessarily because it’s factual, but because it’s consistent and authentic
  • Great stories make a promise.
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  • People don’t trust the beautiful women ordering vodka at the corner bar
  • Great stories don’t always need eight-page color brochures or a face-to-face meeting. Either you are ready to listen or you aren’t.
  • no marketer succeeds in telling a story unless he has earned the credibility to tell that story.
  • Great stories happen fast
  • Great stories are subtle
  • Great stories don’t appeal to logic
  • Great stories don’t contradict themselves
  • great stories agree with our world view.
  • Great stories are rarely aimed at everyone.
  • capture the imagination of large or important audiences.
  • bold and audacious.
  • People don’t trust the beautiful women ordering vodka at the corner bar
  • Either you are ready to listen or you aren’t.
  • the fewer details a marketer spells out, the more powerful the story becomes.
  • allowing people to draw their own conclusions is far more effective than announcing the punch line.
  • no marketer succeeds in telling a story unless he has earned the credibility to tell that story.
  • appeal to our senses.
  • med at everyone.
  • most effective stories match the world view of a tiny audience
  • audience feel smart and secure when reminded how right they were
  • agree with what the audience
  • agree with our world view.
    • Rebecca Lurie
       
      In the fashion world trying to find a new Fad and make it appealing to people. (great article for my essay) 
  • Great stories don’t contradict themselves
    • anonymous
       
      This is probably what I struggle with most when I tell a story, and it always ruins it. 
  • Great stories are trusted
  • makes the members
  • of the audience feel smart and secure
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    This article relates to what my paper may be about.  I am interested in the business world.  
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    STORIES- what kind of great should they be
Rebecca Lurie

The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness - John D.... - 0 views

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    (look at page 48 first paragraph) 
Rebecca Lurie

The US fashion industry: A supply chain review - 0 views

  • These plans are usually based on strategic alliances and are taking over the responsibilities of buyers.
  • The buyers have tremendous power in representing the chain to the vendors and are responsible for a large portion of the chain's profit. Since the buyer's performance evaluation criterion (and his or her bonus) is the total profitability (total margins) of the apparel lines he or she buys (which depends on the purchase cost, the initial selling price, the subsequent mark-downs and the units sold under each price point), it is in the buyer's interest to ensure that she buys the right items generating the best financial results for the chain as a whole.
  • controlled by a budget set by the merchandise manager
Rebecca Lurie

Buyer Job Information | National Careers Service - 0 views

  • ability to recognise future trends.
  • need to be able to think about what people might want. You’ll also need excellent communication skills.
  • a clear understanding of the customers they are buying for, the prices they are willing to pay and the likely demand for products.
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