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Course Name	Turkish	Moda ve Hazır Giy.Per.Sat.Alma
	English	Retail Buying in Fashion and Apparel
Course Code	HGP 504	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	2	3	4	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Emel Önder Karaoğlu
Course Objectives		This course provides a general view of buying in fashion and apparel retail industry. Course objectives are as follows: 1. To provide a general view about the important concepts in evaluation of market specialists, resident buying offices and buyer in fashion and apparel retail industry 2. To provide knowledge about the assessment of product requirements, development of buying plan and private label programs in fashion and apparel retail industry 3. To introduce principles of buying from wholesalers, foreign markets, internet and domestic market for fashion and apparel retail industry 4. To develop an understanding about buying negotiations and responsibilities of buyers
Course Description		Buying in fashion and apparel retail industry. Market specialists, resident buying offices: Their effects and assessment. Evaluation of product requirements in fashion and apparel retail industry, development of buying plan. Buying from domestic market, wholesale market, foreigm markets and nuying on internet. Negotiations in buying and responsibilities of buyers in buying and planning of advertising activities. Development of private label programs.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass this course will have the following knowledge and abilities: I. Ability to evaluate market specialists, resident buying offices and buyer in fashion and apparel retail industry II. Ability to determine the product requirement and to develop buying plan III. Ability to organize private label program. IV. General knowledge about the principles of buying from domestic market, wholesalers, foreign markets and on internet V. Ability to make buying negotiations VI. General knowledge about the responsibilities of buyers
Pre-requisite(s)		-
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		Clodfelter, R. (2015).Retail Buying: from basics to fashions, 5th Ed., Fairchild Publications Inc., New York, 2015.
Other References		Diamond, J., Pintel, G., (2008). Retail Buying-8th edition, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall. Donnellan, J., Merchandise Buying and Management, 4th Ed., Fairchild Books, Bloomsburry Publishing Inc., New York, 2014. Jacobsen, ML. (2011).The art of retail buying: An Insider's Guide to the Best Practices from the Industry. John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd. Varley, R. (2014). Retail Product Management, Third Edition, by Routledge, NY, USA. Tepper, BK (2014). Mathematics for Retail Buying, 7th Ed., Fairchild Books, Bloomsburry Publishing Inc., New York,.

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