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
63%
branch manager
54%
targets
54%
concession manager
54%
store manager
54%
people management
45%
fashion accessories
45%
kpis
45%
assistant manager
45%
merchandising
14%
retail
14%
kpi's
10%
customer service
10%
retail management
10%
store operations
10%
team leadership
10%
visual merchandising
7%
fashion buying
5%
womenswear
5%
menswear
5%
ecommerce
5%
product development
5%
account management
5%
buying
5%
design
5%
apparel
3%
textile industry
3%
business acumen
3%
international business
3%
creative design
3%
strategic planning
3%
supplier sourcing
3%
trends
3%
admin
3%
production processes
3%
clothing
3%
critical path
3%
excel
3%
factories
3%
head of retail
3%
import merchandiser
3%
imports
3%
orders
3%
design assistant
3%
scheduling
3%
planning
3%
retail manager
3%
team leader
3%
strategies
3%
leicester
3%
high street
3%
designer
3%
sourcing
3%
store management
3%
store opening
3%
fashion design
3%
merchandise planning
3%
administration
3%
garment manufacturing
3%
organisational skills
3%
team management
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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