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.
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
Using our fictitious retailer and buying/planning team, you will gain a deep understanding of how buying and planning teams work together to financially plan and build a customer-focused, balanced range.
NEW! Planning & Building the Range
This course takes you through the full, step-by-step process, from the fundamental reasons why we plan, to creating a merchandise financial plan, developing an option-based assortment framework, and ultimately building a product range that meets both financial goals and customer needs.
$300.00 excl GST
or 4 payments of $75.00 with Wizit learn more
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.
$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.
$350.00 excl GST
or 4 payments of $87.50 with Wizit learn more
Assortment Planning & Range Building
Training covers the range building process, planning space, planning options, width & depth, etc.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$350.00 excl GST
or 4 payments of $87.50 with Wizit learn more
Sourcing
Training in sourcing strategy, ethical sourcing, sustainability, types of sourcing, terminology and cultural considerations.
$300.00 excl GST
or 4 payments of $75.00 with Wizit learn more
Buying Trips & Factory Visits
How to go about planning for and then conducting buying trips and factory visits.
$125.00 excl GST
or 4 payments of $31.25 with Wizit learn more
Introduction to Negotiation Skills
This course covers the negotiations process and objectives, conflict in negotiation and the six-step framework.
$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.
$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.
$300.00 excl GST
or 4 payments of $75.00 with Wizit learn more
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.
$180.00 excl GST
or 4 payments of $45.00 with Wizit learn more
Sample Management
How to manage the sample process effectively and efficiently to ensure timely arrival of products in-line with the critical path.
$250.00 excl GST
or 4 payments of $62.50 with Wizit learn more
Price Management
How to manage prices and optimise margin. Considerations for initial price setting, promotions and profitability and clearance markdown criteria.
$350.00 excl GST
or 4 payments of $87.50 with Wizit learn more