-: The best way to prepare academically
is knowing how to analyze trends and analyze sales data.
It's very heavy in looking at how your products are doing
and figuring out ways to make those products
do better based off of previous season's selling.
So, just overall being great analytical
and just also just having a little bit of a creative
and being able to trust your gut
and taking those calculated risks.
So, experience wise you should try
and get a merchandising role just in any kind of retail.
Doesn't necessarily have to be fashion,
it can be any kind of retail, so.
But a background in some kind of retail
is the best experience you can have.
So to land a job as a merchant
you have to be very analytical,
you have to be able to take calculated risks,
and you have to be able to move fast.
Work on stuff fast and constantly being able to
keep up with the pace because it is a fast industry
and you just have to be able to
work through it very quickly.