TY - BOOK AU - Shaw,David AU - Koumbis,Dimitri TI - Fashion buying: from trend forecasting to shop floor T2 - Basics fashion management SN - 9781474252928 (pbk.) : AV - HD9940.A2 PY - 2017///] CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Visual Arts KW - Fashion merchandising KW - Clothing and dress KW - Purchasing KW - Beauty and Fashion N1 - Previous edition: London: Fairchild Books, 2014; Includes index N2 - 'Fashion Buying' provides a full exploration of the key areas of buying activity - the buying role, sources of fashion inspiration, cyclical buying calendars, merchandise management and planning, supplier management, and internal as well as external relationship management. Each chapter features an interview with a successful industry professional, which helps readers to put the contents of the chapter into context and perspective; as well as a business case study that provides a real world example of the activities described ER -