Fashion Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Fashion Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Fashion role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Fashion job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 58% of Fashion job descriptions contained fashion as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

fashion
58%
retail
40%
merchandising
34%
sales
19%
product development
19%
apparel
16%
design
16%
excel
16%
factories
13%
assistant manager
13%
branch manager
13%
concession manager
13%
fashion accessories
13%
kpis
13%
people management
13%
store manager
13%
targets
13%
bd
10%
imports
10%
buying
10%
account manager
10%
import merchandiser
10%
designer
10%
admin
10%
bdm
10%
business development
10%
sales manager
10%
critical path
10%
orders
10%
stock
7%
trends
7%
head of retail
7%
womenswear
7%
business acumen
7%
ecommerce
7%
fashion buying
7%
international business
7%
menswear
7%
strategic planning
7%
supplier sourcing
7%
team leadership
7%
clothing
7%
sourcing
4%
intake
4%
senior merchandise admin assistant
4%
sign off
4%
senior buying admin assistant
4%
range building
4%
inventory
4%
buying admin assistant
4%
assistant merchandiser
4%
assistant buyer
4%
stakeholders
4%
sales performance
4%
product
4%
merchandiser
4%
junior merchandiser
4%
data
4%
visual merchandising
4%
store management
4%
staff management experience
4%
retail sales
4%
fashion design
4%
adobe photoshop
4%
adobe illustrator
4%
account management
4%
trading
4%
analytical
4%

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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