FASH330 Course Articles
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Course Description
FASH 330 (Merchandise Planning) is a required course for all fashion merchandising and Management (FMM) majors. In the FMM curriculum, FASH330 plays a critical role in providing students with essential fashion merchandising knowledge, including retail finance, pricing strategy, inventory management, and merchandising planning.
FASH330 is also one of the few FASH courses that focus on improving students’ computer application skills (such as Excel) in the fashion merchandising area. Additionally, FASH330 specifically supports the FASH department’s learning goal of “Merchandise and Assortment Planning: Demonstrate an ability to apply qualitative and quantitative analytical skills to illustrate merchandising, planning, and buying” for the FMM major.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Understand the key merchandise planning process;
- Apply financial concepts utilized within a fashion retail company;
- Develop merchandise calendar, pricing strategy and assortment plan for fashion & staple goods;
- Know the career path and job responsibilities as a merchandiser or buyer;
- Sufficiently use Excel as a fashion merchandising tool;
Contact
Dr. Sheng Lu, Professor of Fashion and Apparel Studies
University of Delaware
Email:shenglu@udel.edu
Acknowledgment: Special thanks to the University of Delaware Libary Open Education Resources (OER) Grant for sponsoring the project.
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