Global Fashion Consulting

Catalog description

This course will explore how retailers and manufacturers are responding to the challenges of a rapidly expanding and evolving marketplace. Drawing on lessons learned from manufacturing, retailing, and global commerce, we will address the rise of the global consumer, the in-store shopping experience, and managing the retail experience across multiple channels. We will also explore the economic, geopolitical, and cultural factors governing the basic tenets of today's globalized marketplace. Various international regions are analyzed in terms of their market characteristics and current retail environment. U.S. retailers operating globally are also discussed and analyzed in detail. Topics will include fair trade, free trade and the expansion of the globalized marketing system through multi-channel retailing. The course will have an optional travel component with a subsidized week long trip in which students will experience the culture, working environment, and commerce of a major fashion capitol in the world. Pre-req: FM 201