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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Retail buying :from basics to fashion</title>
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    <namePart>Clodfelter, Richard.</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Fairchild Books</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2008</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2008</dateIssued>
    <edition>3rd ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xxviii, 514 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Today's buying environment -- The buying function in retailing -- Buying for different types of stores -- Obtaining assistance for making buying decisions -- Understanding your customers -- Understanding product trends : what customers buy -- Forecasting -- Preparing buying plans -- Developing assortment plans -- Controlling inventories -- Selecting vendors and building partnerships -- Locating sources in foreign markets -- Making market visits and negotiating with vendors -- Making the purchase -- Pricing the merchandise -- Promoting the merchandise.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Richard Clodfelter.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Purchasing</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Merchandising</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Retail trade</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">HF5437.C54</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc" edition="22">658.72</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9781563677038 (pbk.)</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">1563677032 (pbk.)</identifier>
  <identifier type="lccn">2007940933</identifier>
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