Retail Merchant Class 101
Introducing a class to help you think like a retailer
As you know, I founded ERS to help you meet the challenges of frequent buyer turnover and an increased level of financial responsibility for managing the business. Addressing this need with software and consulting has enabled our company to grow rapidly. Still, I felt there was a missing piece to our offerings. We wanted to be able to impart a certain portion of our years of experience in a high level manner that would not require a lot of time or cost. This class presented itself as an ideal way to do so.
Topics include:
understanding a buyer's point of view, expectations and openness to vendor management, looking for opportunities of growth (statistics, retail assortment, demographics), Retail Math & Measurement standards, why tracking the business at store level matters (lost sales, opportunities, profiling, inventory productivity), assessing risk on margin guarantees, markdown negotiations and compliance (managing chargebacks).
The first class will be at the Marriott Residence Inn Times Square, 1033 Avenue of the Americas, NYC, on May 16th from 9:00am - 12:30pm. It will cost is $495 until 4/15/07, $795 after that date. The initial response has been so strong that we are considering adding three to four classes on different topics. The Syllabus and Registration Form can be found at:
http://www.ers-c.com/merchantclass.pdf
Jim Lewis
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