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

shown to improve connectivity inside our brain’s attentional networks, as well as between attentional and medial frontal regions

make us better able to switch between tasks and monitor our own attention, but it is indicative of more effective overall management of our finite attentional resources.

spend less time worrying about the future or fretting about the past.

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.

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.

 Fashion buyers must be imaginative, creative, perceptive and objective kind of people. They need to be self-assured, persuasive and prepared to take risks.

One issue that concerns me is the time-sensitive issue in the fashion world.

good multitasker.

mix both my analytical and creative sides.

if you want to be a buyer you need to start as an Assistant Buyer and work your way up.

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

reach for a tall glass of water.

For example, caffeine can cause anxiety, while high-sugar fruit drinks may give a short-term energy boost that's followed by deeper fatigue.

ight (similar to sunlight) can make you feel more alert.

evealing the mechanisms of cognition.

but the number of rigorous, well-designed studies that will stand the test of time is much smaller,”

Greater cognitive capacity comes from having more neurons or synapses, higher levels of neurogenesis (the creation of new neurons, especially in the memory-forming hippocampus),

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

prioritizing tasks, you plan the order in which you'll do them, so that you can tell what needs your immediate attention, and what you can leave until later.

To-Do Lists are essential if you're going to beat work overload.

allocating priorities from A (very important, or very urgent) to F (unimportant, or not at all urgent).

Not asking for clarification when you know that you do not understand.

also genuinely interested in understanding what the other person is thinking, feeling, wanting or what the message means,

we don’t address the appropriate elements we will not be very effective, and can actually make the situation worse.

were frightened of contracting HIV from infected water in float-tank centers. The business dried up.

creativity in artists.

brain's focus from its dominant to its non-dominant hemisphere