Merchandising & Quality Control Management

Merchandise means the products for sale. Merchandising is the promotion of goods or services that are available for retail sale. Merchandising includes the determination of quantities, setting prices for goods, creating designs, developing marketing strategies. Merchandiser is the person who does the merchandising job. Hidden Meaning of 'Merchandiser'   M = Managerial Capability  E = Efficient   R = Right sense of Responsibility  C = Commitment   H = Honest   A = Attitude (positive to solve any problem)  N = No negligence  D = Devoted   I = Informative   S = Sincere  E = Enthusiastic   R = Regular                                       Roles & Responsibilities a of Merchandiser  Merchandising activities vary from company to company. The major duties and responsibilities of a merchandiser is to -   ❑ Procure order from buyer  ❑ Communicate with buyers for sample development as per original sample or buyer's product package, approval and finally order confirmation  ❑ Arran

  Marketing Marketing is a set of activities that begin with identification of need of the product or service and ends with taking the product to the customer and keeping him happy with it. Marketing is not merely promoting a product or service to create the need for it among the targeted consumers but anticipating and satisfying the needs of the customers while at the same time keeping an eye upon the goals of the organization. Merchandising Merchandising is a subset of marketing. It is the process of presenting the products to the buyer in such a manner so as to affect his buying pattern. It is more specific concerning itself with the product development, execution and delivery maintaining deadline of the buyer. According to American Marketing Association, merchandising encompasses "planning involved in marketing the right merchandise or service at the right place, at the right time, in the right quantities, and at the right price"

  Apparel Merchandising Apparel Garment merchandising means the work to buy raw materials and accessories to produce garments against a particular work order of garment and have to export these under the same work order within time schedule, maintaining required quality level of buyer. In garment merchandising, there is no hard and fast rule, so it is important to be able to think on ones feet. Fashion Merchandising Fashion merchandising is a rather broad term that can be used to describe the business side of the fashion industry. This field involves buying, pricing, marketing, displaying, and selling certain types of garments and accessories. Most fashion merchandisers must be able to predict future fashion and market trends. In order to do this, these professionals will often need to rely on their own research as well as current trend reports. After predicting future fashion trends, fashion merchandisers will also determine which fashions and garments that a particular store should s