RMIT Industry Training: Fashion Merchandising Planning

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This short course introduces you to the theories, concepts and practice of allocating fashion and textile merchandise to appropriate retail outlets or clients.

Through investigating and analysing collected retail data, you will design and develop retail strategies for fashion stores and enterprises that would contribute to corporate financial planning.

Upon successful completion of this 10 week, one evening per week course, you will be able to:

  • Apply financial principles of buying and selling fashion and textiles products
  • Define and identify key components of best practice in merchandise planning
  • Analyse sales data in relation to fashion and textiles merchandise
  • Plan financial strategies to support successful purchasing, sales, markdowns and stock plans for the retail environment 
  • Apply key concepts of merchandise planning to a range of retail environments.

This course is suited to those that are currently working in, or have recently studied, Fashion Buying, Allocating, Merchandising, Fashion Retail Management or similar, and want to refresh or upskill to attain specific Merchandise Planning skills.

Full details and downloadable course flyer available here

  • Organised by: RMIT School of Fashion and Textiles
  • Contact name: Sue Halliday
  • Phone: 03 9925 9161
  • Email: sue.halliday@rmit.edu.au

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