For courses in Retail Buying, Retail Merchandising and Fashion Merchandising. Retail Buying, Ninth Edition, is known for its clear depiction of retail buying, reflecting what buyers face every day in their pursuit of excellence. Focusing on the changes in today's market, the book addresses topics such as diverse ethnicities and the nuances of purchasing abroad. Contemporary market considerations are highlighted throughout, including chapters on buying for discount operations, using the Internet for product procurement, and methods of analyzing customer demand. With a host of end-of-chapter materials and visual aids, this book continues its tradition of effectively preparing students for their role as professional retail buyers.

This comprehensive text focuses on the fashion segment of the retail industry. It begins with a broad overview of fashion retailing, then focuses on on-site and off-site environments, management and control functions, merchandising fashion products, and ends with communicating with and servicing the clientele. In this new edition, the authors focus on the globalization of the retail industry with emphasis on US retail expansion into foreign markets as well as global brands' proposed expansion into the US market. This edition has been extensively updated to include current trends including sustainable fashion, the growth of the multi-cultural market, and the impact of new technology and e-commerce. With many engaging photographs and examples to illustrate the concepts, Fashion Retailing is ideal for learning the fundamentals of global fashion retailing and the basic business concepts involved. New to this Edition: ~All new Chapter 17 on Communicating to Customers Through Electronic Media ~New Happening Now feature in each chapter covers the latest retailing methods with such items as The Growth of Mobile Commerce, Gap's overseas explosion in Latin American Countries, and J. Crew's global push, among many others ~Full color insert featuring the entire photo program in vibrant color Teaching Resources ~Instructor's Guide \provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom, supplemental assignments, and lecture notes. ~A new Test Bank includes more than 350 questions featuring true/false, multiple choice, short answer or essay questions and midterm and final exam questions. ~PowerPoint (R) presentations include images from the book and provide a framework for lecture and discussion

This new edition of Retailing in the Twenty-First Century addresses up to date topics and trends in the retail environment. New chapters cover such current shifts as retailers expanding into overseas markets and others repositioning themselves to respond to the latest merchandising and management trends. More and more retailers are reconsidering their customer bases and are focusing on multicultural consumer segments instead of merely relying on the "one size fits all" philosophy of the past. Others are paying greater attention to the ethics of business in the running of their operations. It is vital that both those already in the field and students who will soon enter the field be aware of the most current retailing principles and practices. New to this Edition: -- New Chapters: The Globalization of Retailing, Multiculturalism in Retailing, The Role of Ethics in the Retail Environment and Going Green -- Focus Features of specific retailers and retail-related businesses include: ACNielsen, Sephora, Zappos.com, Target Corporation, and Simon Property Group -- "In The News" articles from leading trade and consumer publications or on the Internet to cover every aspect of the retail scene -- Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom -- PowerPoint(r) Presentation provides outlines and ideas for lectures; compatible with PC and Mac platforms