Fashion Buying and Merchandising

Our BA (Hons) Fashion Buying and Merchandising course gives its students a thorough understanding of buying practice, finance, sourcing, product development and a knowledge of how fashion businesses operate to maximise profit.

Students gain a broad perspective of the challenges and rewards of building profitable ranges, whilst developing strong critical and contextual skills within their research. As the industry’s decision makers of the future, they critically evaluate the wider global issues of the supply chain, ethical trading and sustainability as well as exploring the contemporary issues of ethical sourcing decisions and automation in the manufacturing process.

Graduates of this course pursue careers in a wide variety of sectors across the industry, including buying, merchandising, product development, sourcing and supply chain management.