Professional Certificate in Fashion Retail

Course details

The course is aimed at individuals wishing to build careers in the rapidly eveolving retail sectors in the Middle East & across the world. The course is suitable for individuals  seeking professional roles both at the operations and strategic levels in buying, merchandising, visual merchandising, store operations management to other management roles within fashion retail. The training course can be undertaken by those already working in the industry or those looking for a career change.

The course gives an understanding of the fashion retail business, the roles & functions and the organisation of the retail industry.  Further, the course covers indepth aspects of merchanidisng, buying and management for fashion retail.
The course is taught by industry professionals supported by a series of masterclasses & industry visits to gain practical understanding teamed with essential networking.

​The industry focused course is delivered through presentations, talks, industry visits & individual and group projects. Learning covers dealing with various challenges of retail distribution in a detailed way, from fashion buying, interpreting the market trends for clients and defining the purchase plan of collections, monitoring and leading the performance of the stores, visual merchandising, point of sale dynamics to a range of other issues relating to fashion retail. The modules pan through fashion retail management, retail merchandising and all other aspects of the sector with live industry projects and internships with learning achieved within a global context to prepare individuals for the dynamic retail environment.

The optional industry FAD Europe Tour gives a unique and exclusive opportunity to engage with global brands, designers, industry and visit the fashion weeks across London, Paris and Milan to give them an unparalleled global exposure and networking opportunity.

The course is assessed through projects and assignments on a continuous assessment basis for professional development.
 
COURSE MODULES

• Introduction to Fashion Retail
• Retail Consumer Market
• Fashion Retail & Merchandising
• Fashion Buying
• Customer Relationship Management
• Visual Merchandising
• Store Operational Management
• Professional Project & Internship

Updated on 20 October, 2019