This 1-year program builds on the skills learnt in the Associate Degree in Fashion and Textile Merchandising and develops your strategic capabilities to enable you to manage fashion enterprises. You will develop the skills to merchandise and market fashion and textile-related products through each stage of the supply chain, from both a local and an international perspective. You’ll study fashion and textile merchandising, marketing, retail, computer-aided design (CAD), research, supply chains and management theory to complement the program's practical component. You will work with key industry figures on your major research project, as well as studying the local and international application of fashion merchandising to consumer demand for fashion, textiles and related products.

Fashion merchandisers influence retail businesses’ purchasing, advertising and financial decisions. As a fashion merchandiser you will: attend trade and fashion shows to scout the latest trends analyse the market to forecast the latest trends create a shopping environment that is dynamic, that increases sales and sells the company brand and image. Your goal is to get fashion from the designer to the consumer. Your understanding of and connection to the end consumer helps dictate the direction of design, product development, promotion and delivery. Many graduates find employment in: advertising and marketing fashion brand management in fashion international trade merchandise analysis merchandising merchandising planning product development product management range coordination retail buying retail management sales management.