Also called: Fashion Buyer
Chooses which products a store or website will sell and how many to order.
You fly to a trade show to see next spring's sneakers, order 20,000 pairs in the colors you bet will sell, and check weekly sales to decide what to reorder or mark down.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in fashion merchandising, business or marketing.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Fashion Merchandising, Marketing, Business Administration.
Shrinking (about -3% over 10 years). Fewer buyers as retail consolidates and data tools improve.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI forecasting handles routine reorders, so fewer buyers per company; picking new products and negotiating stays human.
Classes: Fashion or FCS class, AP Statistics, Business elective.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1022.
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