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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
FASH 57 | Title:
FASH BUYING |
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Full Title:
Fashion Buying |
Last Reviewed:2/22/2010 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 17.5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
03 - May Be Taken for a Total of 3 Units
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Catalog Description:
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This course will introduce students to all duties and responsibilities of a buyer with emphasis on buying strategy. The class will prepare students for careers in retailing.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100A or ENGL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This course will introduce students to all duties and responsibilities of a buyer with emphasis on buying strategy. The class wil prepare students for careers in retailing.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100A or ENGL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:03 - May Be Taken for a Total of 3 Units
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1997 | Inactive: | Fall 2016 |
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UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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* Recognize today's buying environment and trends.
* Recognize continuous changes in the market place and their relationship
to buying.
* Analyze market segments based on demographic, geographic and
psychographic data.
* Recognize personality traits, human relations skills and merchandising
knowledge that buyers should posses.
* Identify customer's target market.
* Create a fashion buying plan.
* Select and evaluate buying sources.
* Interpret buying strategies.
Topics and Scope
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A. The retail environment
1. Today's buying environment.
2. The buying function in retailing.
3. Buying for different types of stores.
B. Identify and understand the customer
1. Resources for making buying decisions.
2. Forecasting and making buying decisions.
3. Buying fashion merchandise.
C. Purchase planning and merchadise control.
1. Planning
a. Merchandise.
b. Assortment
2. Inventory control.
D. Merchandise Resources
1. Selecting vendors and building partnerships with them.
2. Buying from domestic sources.
3. Buying from foreign markets.
E. Buying techniques
1. Negotiation in the market place.
2. Making the purchase.
F. Additional responsibilities of the Buyer
1. Pricing the merchadise.
2. Promoting the merchandise.
Assignments:
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1. Interview a buyer to learn educational background and
responsibilities.
2. Compare types of retail stores: chain stores, retail stores and
independent stores.
3. Track current fashions and forecast following season's merchandise.
4. Research requirements to be a buyer.
5. Read text and prepare for participation in class discussions.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 10 - 30% |
Written homework, Reading reports, Term papers | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 25 - 50% |
Homework problems, Field work, Quizzes, Exams | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 5 - 25% |
Class performances | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 25 - 50% |
Multiple choice, True/false, Completion | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 5 - 10% |
ATTENDANCE | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Retail Buying by Richard Clodfelter, Delmar Publishers, 1993.
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