Course Code: FF02
Level: Advanced
Dates: 2 - 6 November 2009
Hours: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Course language: English or Italian with simultaneous interpretation into English
Cost: 1500 euro + VAT
Special offer for Camera Buyer Members: 900 euro + VAT

Who is the course addressed to?
Junior buyer, store manager, retail manager, stylist, visual employee, fashion designer, brand manager, interior designer, visual merchandiser, creatives


To purchase successful products on the market, you should have a good perception of changes of current and future costume and trends, and be ready to catch on the innovations and the signals coming from the market itself. Therefore, the figure of the buyer must know how to combine passion for risk with a flair for business and great intuition. Scheduling purchases, analyzing the latest sales and foreseeing next ones, managing a budget, looking for new talents, knowing the channels of research, identifying the new must for future collections. These issues will be dealt during the two weeks of the course.

Methodology
Lectures, visits, workshops

Project Leader: ALESSANDRO CARON

Project Leader Assistant: ALBERTO SALESI (Camera Buyer)