This core textbook provides a detailed overview of the role of the fashion merchandiser and outlines their activities and responsibilities as part of the fashion value chain. This overview is situated within the broader context of the fashion industry, highlighting the relevance of the merchandiser role and comparing it to the role of the fashion buyer. This textbook also considers the contemporary challenges facing the wider industry, such as corporate social responsibility, sustainability, globalisation and multi-channel distribution, and the impact these have on the role of the merchandiser.
Offering valuable insight into the merchandiser role and emphasising how it can add value to a fashion business, this is an ideal textbook for aspiring merchandisers. It is suitable for students studying at undergraduate and postgraduate level and practitioners seeking to progress their careers in this exciting and multi-faceted industry.

• Detailed strategic and analytical coverage of the subject
  
• Strong application of theory to the realities of the fashion business
  
• An introductory overview that discusses, justifies and explains the fashion merchandiser role
  
• A running case study provides practical examples of the activities of the fashion merchandiser, including `Day in the life of' profiles of a range of industry professionals
  
• A summary discussion of influence and factors that current fashion merchandisers must consider in the discharge of their duties
  
• A companion website provides aoffering a range of resources for both lecturers and students, including an answer key for exercises, class assignments, lecture slides and additional exercises
  
• Glossary at the back of the book provides a useful breakdown of key terms used in fashion merchandising
  

• Student exercises, including Budgeting, Formative Assessment, Retails Calculations and Trading Analysis
• Support documents to accompany the student exercises

• Answers to the student exercises
• Class assignments
• Lecture slides