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, 73% of Fashion job descriptions contained fashion as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

fashion
73%
sales
68%
branch manager
58%
targets
58%
concession manager
58%
store manager
58%
people management
48%
fashion accessories
48%
kpis
48%
assistant manager
48%
customer service
10%
merchandising
10%
retail
10%
team leadership
10%
store operations
10%
retail management
10%
kpi's
10%
visual merchandising
8%
womenswear
5%
menswear
5%
ecommerce
5%
fashion buying
5%
design
5%
account management
5%
garment manufacturing
3%
fashion design
3%
merchandise planning
3%
administration
3%
international business
3%
organisational skills
3%
production processes
3%
sourcing
3%
supplier sourcing
3%
strategic planning
3%
product development
3%
trends
3%
textile industry
3%
business acumen
3%
store opening
3%
store management
3%
team leader
3%
retail manager
3%
planning
3%
team management
3%
scheduling
3%
strategies
3%
buying
3%
leicester
3%
high street
3%
designer
3%
design assistant
3%
creative design
3%
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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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