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Retail manager • Managing and motivating a team to increase sales and ensure efficiency • Managing stock levels and making key decisions about stock control • Analysing sales figures and forecasting future sales • Analysing and interpreting trends to facilitate planning • Using information technology to record sales figures, analyse data and forward plan • Dealing with staffing issues such as interviewing potential staff, conducting appraisals and performance reviews You'll ensure promotions are run accurately and to the company's standards and make sure that staff are all working towards the target for the day.
Designer • High street fashion - this is where the majority of designers work and where garments are mass manufactured (often in Europe or East Asia). Buying patterns, seasonal trends and celebrity catwalk influences play a key role in this design process. It is a commercial area and heavily media led • Ready-to-wear - also known as prêt-à-porter. Established designers create ready-to-wear collections, produced in relatively small numbers • Haute couture - requires large amounts of time spent on the production of one-off garments for the catwalk, which are often not practical to wear. Designs are usually created to endorse the brand and create a 'look’. • Starting salary £16,000-£17,000 • Junior salary £25,000 • Director level £42,000-£85,000+
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