for a summer job at Yellowstone Bear World, but by the end of the interview I was offered a three month long merchandising internship in the gift shop. Throughout this internship I created a few goals for myself. My main goal for this internship was to help me focus on a route to take for my future career. I pondered the career option to go into merchandising for a while, but I didn’t have any experience in merchandising or retail to know for sure if I could be happy in that field. When I accepted the internship I was excited for the experience to find out if I could see myself doing this as a career. During my internship I was given many different responsibilities of a merchandiser and learned different tasks…
“Dress For Less,” a store to find brand-name fashion at the lowest possible cost! Ross Store Inc. offers that and much more from apparel fashion to every day in home essentials, as the company stated in the annual report, “THERE’S ALWAYS A BARGAIN IN STORE.” For over 30 years in the industry recently consider the fastest growing retailer in the industry the company has focus on bringing fashion with discounts of 20% to 60% off store departments. Lets experience the marvelous world Ross Store…
Cycle 2 has ended and so has this course. In Fashion Merchandising, we have learned many topics, for example, the advantages and disadvantages of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), the three types of businesses (partnership, sole proprietorship, and corporation), and the three industry segments (primary market, secondary market, and tertiary market). A primary market is the industry segment that includes businesses that grow and produce the raw materials that become fashion apparel. …
Merchandising Tie-ins: When the decision to merchandise the ‘Harry Potter’ brand, was made, J.K. Rowling as the brand guardian had a very tight leash on the decisions though Warner Bros was also a part of the proceedings. The merchandising rights were won by the Coca Cola company on the premise that some conditions of the author were met. In accordance with the agreement, the company had to make a charitable contribution to a group that encouraged literacy. Also unlike the regular merchandising…
I have gotten the opportunity to work for Macy’s as a Merchandising Associate. I can say that I have learned a lot about the retail environment since I acquired a position for them. I learned to appreciate it that there is more behind the scenes in a store that everything that is seen as a shopper. As a merchandising associate, we have to meet at the mall at 5am to begin our duties to ensure that everything is done and that all the signing for the sales are done effectively so that the rest of…
The chart of accounts is a “system of accounting records developed by every organization to be compatible with its particular financial structure, and in agreement with the amount of detail required in its financial statements” (BusinessDictionary.com, 2015a). When a business spends or receives money for items, a chart of accounts (“COA”) is used to define and classify said items. In other words, COAs are used to segregate the finances of a business. For the purpose of this essay question,…
Profile High energy, results oriented professional with 18 years of quality management experience in both Sales and Marketing. Established record of fast-track growth based on consistent contribution to the bottom line results. Excellent reputation as an outstanding leader and strategist who exceeds goals and objectives EXPERIENCE Retail Merchandising Effectiveness Manager, 1/2014 - Present (GA/SC/NOLA) Responsible for the successful regional execution of AT&T’s national merchandising…
product promotion and brand popularity. At present, there are various challenges facing the company in terms of sales and marketing. One of the issues is increasing competition from rival firms, which leaves the firm in need of newer strategies of enhancing its positioning in the market. Secondly, Cosmos has been trying to implement the elements of visual merchandising in its business plan, but the strategy has not been successful. In order to help in improving the situation at the workplace, I…
Europe News Week (2010) explains that from the production of the first Toy Story, Disney being well aware of the impact of theme parks and merchandising decided to implement these strategies onto the last film of the trilogy. This is because they are profitable marketing strategies that lead to customer satisfaction. Disney’s theme parks often viewed as household friendly environments popular among all age groups widening Disney’s target market. Therefore in readiness for the release of the film…
people feel powerful having good clothes, they do not always know the whole process that goes into getting a trendy garment into a store, on the rack, and ready to be purchased. Take wine making, for example. There are numerous steps and a long time span needed to make sure wine is ready and safe to be put in stores. Ultimately, one cannot truly understand the process of getting items into stores without seeing and listening to the process first-hand. On Tuesday, I had an unforgettable trip to…