What does the number 7 mean...numerologist say its a complete day cycle as in the biblical day of completion and a day to rest. To me, its another tasks to undertake a new meaning of my journey in the exciting world of merchandising.
My boss just gave me the seventh department to handle, just as if I'm not pre-occupied enough work with the 6 other departments (namely, Toys, Sporting Goods, Boys Teens Wear, Children's Special Department, Boy's Wear, Footwear Departments) and today she called me to tasked to handle one precipitously uncanny decision she would ever have made and I myself could not understand her wisdom for including it in the roster of departments I have to manage in terms of merchandise, stock allocations, target sales, despite the daunting tasks passed on to me to bear nevertheless, I find it two-pronged, an end of my career or if I can prove it to still be a viable scores to improve this departments sales performance and balancing of inventories and sales ratio, it'll be an exciting new challenge... a Ladies Wear Fashion department for cying out loud.
My boss might have not thought that I am a guy who knows nothing at all whatsoever about women's clothing much more about fashion stuffs that women looked for. I even have to protest during the first instance she uttered the department to me, but she still prevailed upon me to take on the challenge with the least likelihood of success.
Firstly, the department besides being a women's line category and caters on the women's fashion sense, I for one would not know where to begin, but secondly, it is the biggest if not the most profit driver among all departmental merchandising categories but has lost its momentum for 3 consecutive quarters and has been overtaken by the Men's Wear Fashion Line and the Infants department categories. Not to mention the many bad inventories I have to deal with this soured department. 6 years of bad inventories thats eating up the inventory budget and is on its way to a natural demise to say the least.
I just hope given the time constraint for a few months away from retail peak season, I'd be able to do a miracle cure for this ailing category. I've had tons of studying to make about women's taste and fashion sensibilities and cleaning up mess to do. I can only do this blog to write and shake off the shock that still pierced through me.
My boss just gave me the seventh department to handle, just as if I'm not pre-occupied enough work with the 6 other departments (namely, Toys, Sporting Goods, Boys Teens Wear, Children's Special Department, Boy's Wear, Footwear Departments) and today she called me to tasked to handle one precipitously uncanny decision she would ever have made and I myself could not understand her wisdom for including it in the roster of departments I have to manage in terms of merchandise, stock allocations, target sales, despite the daunting tasks passed on to me to bear nevertheless, I find it two-pronged, an end of my career or if I can prove it to still be a viable scores to improve this departments sales performance and balancing of inventories and sales ratio, it'll be an exciting new challenge... a Ladies Wear Fashion department for cying out loud.
My boss might have not thought that I am a guy who knows nothing at all whatsoever about women's clothing much more about fashion stuffs that women looked for. I even have to protest during the first instance she uttered the department to me, but she still prevailed upon me to take on the challenge with the least likelihood of success.
Firstly, the department besides being a women's line category and caters on the women's fashion sense, I for one would not know where to begin, but secondly, it is the biggest if not the most profit driver among all departmental merchandising categories but has lost its momentum for 3 consecutive quarters and has been overtaken by the Men's Wear Fashion Line and the Infants department categories. Not to mention the many bad inventories I have to deal with this soured department. 6 years of bad inventories thats eating up the inventory budget and is on its way to a natural demise to say the least.
I just hope given the time constraint for a few months away from retail peak season, I'd be able to do a miracle cure for this ailing category. I've had tons of studying to make about women's taste and fashion sensibilities and cleaning up mess to do. I can only do this blog to write and shake off the shock that still pierced through me.
