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, 52% of Fashion job descriptions contained fashion as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

fashion
52%
retail
41%
apparel
27%
admin
23%
purchase orders
23%
buying assistant
19%
brands
13%
buying admin assistant
13%
clothing
13%
critical path
13%
factories
13%
negations
13%
sales
13%
suppliers
13%
graduate
13%
customer service
11%
luxury
11%
assistant merchandiser
11%
administration
11%
cp
11%
buyer
11%
excel
11%
critical path management
11%
forecasting
11%
junior merchandiser
11%
senior assistant merchandiser
11%
regulations
9%
stock control
9%
garment technologist
9%
measurements
9%
quality
9%
samples
9%
account manager
9%
store management
9%
essex
9%
south benfleet
9%
wholesale buyer
9%
best sellers
7%
merchandise assistant
7%
rebuys
7%
stores
7%
ecommerce
7%
kpi reports
7%
fashion buying
7%
wssi
7%
people development
5%
management
5%
team management
5%
merchandising
5%
buyer fashion
5%
reporting
5%
luxury sales
3%
organisational skills
3%
merchandiser
3%
sales consultant
3%
analytical
3%
sales presentations
3%
distribution
3%
senior management
3%
training
3%
stakeholder analysis
3%
zendesk
3%
allocations
3%
buying
3%
communication skills
3%
analysis
3%
floor management
3%
data
3%
data analyst
3%
customer experience
3%
fashion design
3%
budgets
3%
accessories
3%
general administrative
3%
jewellery
3%
md
3%
minute taking
3%
illustration
3%
category
3%
negotiation
3%
cashier
3%
microsoft excel
3%
maintaining strong client relationships
3%
category manager
3%
supply chain
3%

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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