RETAIL BUYING & PLANNING COURSES

Retail buying and planning courses online, giving you all the skills you need to succeed buying and planning…

Our global best practice retail buying and planning courses online are interactive and self-paced. Used by retailers across the world, they are ideal for those working in busy buying offices as there is no need to take time out of the office for training.  Take a look at the video below and check out our list of retail buying courses online.

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Sign up for a FREE taster course in Retail Planning

It’s great to try before you buy, so we have created a little free course so you can get a feel for the way our courses work.

In this free course you will learn:

  • How retailers create a financial plan 
  • What like for like sales are and why they are important
  • How to calculate intake margin and stockturn and how these are used in merchandise management

 

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Merchandise Planning

This training course covers planning sales, stock, markdown and margin, sales phasing, managing intake and open to buy and use of the WSSI.  

Merchandise Planning…

$400.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $100.00 with Wizit learn more

Creating a Strategy

Business strategy and its purpose, the customer, internal influences, external influences and developing a department strategy. 

Creating a Strategy…

$350.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $87.50 with Wizit learn more

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Assortment Planning & Range Building

Training covers the range building process, planning space, planning options, width & depth, etc.

  Assortment Planning…

$400.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $100.00 with Wizit learn more

Order Management, Allocation & Replenishment

The end-to-end stock management process, critical path management, planning allocations, replenishment and managing commitment.

  Order management…

$350.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $87.50 with Wizit learn more

Evaluating Performance

Learn how to evaluate weekly trading performance of a department, interpret KPIs at department, category and line level.

 Evaluating Performance…

$350.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $87.50 with Wizit learn more

In-Season Management

The training covers use of the WSSI as an evaluation and forecasting tool, taking action and managing end of season product.  

 In-season Management…

$400.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $100.00 with Wizit learn more

Supplier Management

How to work commercially with suppliers – building successful long-term relationships, finding new suppliers and exiting a supplier.

  Supplier Management…

$350.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $87.50 with Wizit learn more

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Sourcing

Training in sourcing strategy, ethical sourcing, sustainability, types of sourcing, terminology and cultural considerations.

  Sourcing…

$300.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $75.00 with Wizit learn more

Visiting suppliers in factories

Buying Trips & Factory Visits

How to go about planning for and then conducting buying trips and factory visits. 

 Buying Trips & Factory Visits…

$125.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $31.25 with Wizit learn more

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Introduction to Negotiation Skills

This course covers the negotiations process and objectives, conflict in negotiation and the six-step framework.  

 Negotiation Skills…

$550.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $137.50 with Wizit learn more

The Journey from Cost to Profit

Learn how to influence the profitability of your business through commercial costing and sourcing decisions.

  Cost to Profit…

$350.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $87.50 with Wizit learn more

Managing Key Lines

Training course on planning key lines, forecasting key lines and managing key lines in-season to maximise profitability. 

  Managing Key Lines…

$300.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $75.00 with Wizit learn more

Quality Store visits

Store Visits & Competitor Shopping

How to prepare for and carry out effective visits to both the stores in your own business and those of the competition.

 Store Visits & Competitor Shopping…

$180.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $45.00 with Wizit learn more

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Sample Management

How to manage the sample process effectively and efficiently to ensure timely arrival of products in-line with the critical path. 

 Sample Management…

$250.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $62.50 with Wizit learn more

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Price Management

How to manage prices and optimise margin. Considerations for initial price setting, promotions and profitability and clearance markdown criteria.  

 Price Management…

$350.00 excl GST

or 4 payments of $87.50 with Wizit learn more

Have more questions?  

Or call 1300 969 560 to speak to Beverley Chambers about the best course for you.