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Fashion Industry Appreciation Half
Fashion Industry Appreciation Half
Week 1 Introduction What do we want ? How can we get there ? Preview of Module Sacred Oath What can we learn from each other ?
Consumer
Consumer
Retail Market
Consumer
Retail Market
Industry
Apparel Market
0000 - 1800s Homemade garments All natural textiles 1818 - Brooks Brothers - sailors and middleclass men 1826 - Lord & Taylor - menswear 1851- Macys - menswear
Apparel Market
1902 - JC Penny - menswear, some childrens 1905 - Arrow Shirt 1908 - Filenes Basement - 25% off 1920s - fashion communication
Paris developed as a base for designers 1926 - couture show- 100 reporters
Apparel Market
1929 - American Stock market Crash depression 1938 - Dupont launched Nylon - 1st synthetic fibre 1940s - WWII killed fashion Industry in France
US emerged as the Sportswear capital Women began wearing bifurcated clothing
Apparel Market
1949 Bloomingdales 1950s - growth of suburbia 1960s - malls - suburbs 1968 - Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren 1975 - Liz Clairborne, Price Costco
Guessing Game
How many factories do these brands own ?
Nike Tommy Hilfiger Diesel GAP
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Manufacturer Exporters
Manufacturers
Manufacturer Exporters
Manufacturers
Japan
Role Play
Quotas
Numerical Restriction on Imports from a country Bi lateral Agreement
Free Trade
1995 - WTO - World Trade Organisation 2005 Quotas were Abolished
Free Trade
Careers..
Export House Buying Agency Liason / Sourcing Office for a Global Brand/Store Domestic Brand Retail Store Manufacturing Unit Entrepreneur Allied Business
VIP
RETAILING An Appreciation
Todays Consumer
If a consumer has a need or want for almost any imaginable product or service and lives in a sizeable community, the consumer will expect to have ready access to one or more businesses that want to provide the needed product or service.
Todays Retailers
Although consumers may not always clearly express their expectations, a key element to success in retailing is to understand clearly - and in some manner to meet or to exceed - consumer expectations
Retailing Function I
To create product and services assortments that anticipate and fulfill consumer / family needs and wants
Creation of Assortments
Supermarkets - 8,000 - 10,000 different items Discount Stores - 30,000 - 75,000 different items Department stores - hundreds of thousands Speciality Stores - 5,000 - 20,000 items Vending Machines - 3 - 30 items
Retailing Function II
To offer products and services in quantities small enough for individual or family consumption
Breaking Bulk
Manufacturer wants to make a million of the same item Consumer wants to buy one Retailer has to resolve the difference
Competitive Prices
Department Stores
Characteristics yBroad Variety yDeep Assortment yOrganised by Departments Menswear Womenswear Childrenswear Homefurnishings / Furniture Toys and Games Consumer Electronics Kitchenware
Department Stores
Prevalance of Branded Products National Brands Private Label Inhouse Label y Full range of customer services yLarge no: of salespeople yHigh volume yModerate to high price
Department Stores
Macys - USA Sears - USA JC Penny - USA Bloomingdales - USA Marks & Spencer - UK Bon Marche France Karstadt Germany Seibu - Japan Lifestyle India Shoppers Stop - India