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The FST230 Fashion Merchandising course covers key aspects of merchandising including roles, sampling processes, costing, essential tests, pre-production follow-up, buyer communication, and vendor management. Students will learn to analyze merchandising facts, practice sampling, evaluate costing sheets, and manage export-import documentation. The course aims to equip students with practical skills and knowledge necessary for a career in fashion merchandising.

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The FST230 Fashion Merchandising course covers key aspects of merchandising including roles, sampling processes, costing, essential tests, pre-production follow-up, buyer communication, and vendor management. Students will learn to analyze merchandising facts, practice sampling, evaluate costing sheets, and manage export-import documentation. The course aims to equip students with practical skills and knowledge necessary for a career in fashion merchandising.

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FST230:FASHION MERCHANDISING

L:3 T:0 P:0 Credits:3

Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to

CO1 :: analyze the basic facts and work processes of merchandiser

CO2 :: practice different types of sampling process in merchandising

CO3 :: evaluate and construct costing sheet as per the tech-pack

CO4 :: assess the pre production follow up

CO5 :: analyze buyer communication

CO6 :: collect export and import documentation

Unit I
Principles of Merchandising : roles and responsibilities, different type of merchandisers, qualities
required for different type of merchandisers: - Retail merchandising - Production/Merchandising
exports - Marketing merchandising - Marketing fashion merchandisers - Product fashion
manufacturing merchandising - Production merchandiser Seasonal calendars and TNA for
merchandiser, TNA
Unit II
Sampling : Types of samples and their significance, Approvals – Pattern approvals ,fabric approvals
(FPT), trims approval ,sample approvals, tagged samples and their significance, sealer samples and
their significance, constituents of a techpack, approvals of samples and patterns - fabrics (FPT),
garment (GPT), trims, embroidery, washing, finishing and packaging, reading and developing a
techpack, constituents of a techpack : Understanding need of SMS(salesman samples), counter
approval sample,Redseals samples.
Unit III
Costing : definition, consumption of fabric, thread and other trims, buffer calculation, SMV & SAM
calculation, FOB, C&F, CIF and Franco pricing, making and trim cost [CMT cost]
Unit IV
Essential tests : different tests like colour fastness, strength, stretch, construction, performance,
water resistance, ultraviolet transmittance, trims tests etc., different standard protocols of testing,
national and international testing institutions
Unit V
Pre-production follow up : record maintenance, arranging of TAM (Technical Analysis Meeting) and
PPM (Pre-Production Meeting), demonstration of packaging, production and shipment follow up
Buyer communication : all types of communication with buyer on reporting, price negotiation,
sampling, approvals of samples, fabrics, production and manufacturing, quality, shipment etc.
Unit VI
Vendor management : sourcing strategies, sourcing of raw material, vendor selection, compliance,
KPI of vendors capacity planning, technical ability of product & category.
Export - import documentation : Bill of Materials, certificate of origin, letter of credit, Bill of
Landing, list of packaging, custom invoice,shipping bills,AWB

References:
1. APPAREL MERCHANDISING: THE LINE STARTS HERE by ROSENAU, JEREMY A. AND
WILSON, DAVID L, FAIRCHILD BOOKS
2. ENTREPRENEURSHIP by ROBERT D HISRICH, MICHAEL P PETERS, MATHEW MANIMALA,
DEAN A. SHEPHERD, MC GRAW HILL
3. APPAREL MERCHANDISING by ROBIN MATHEW, BOOK ENCLAVE

4. MERCHANDISING OF FASHION PRODUCT by DORIS H KINCADE, FAY Y GIBSON, Pearson


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