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Unit 2: Buying for Traditional Retail Organizations

Answers: Self Assessment Notes

1. full-line 2. Specialized
3. division 4. general merchandise
5. Divisional merchandise 6. comparison shopper

7. store management 8. Chain
9. department 10. Centralization
11. real estate and construction 12. Merchandise
13. planning 14. Single-unit independent
15. store manager

2.7 Further Readings

Books Clodfelter, Richard (2012), Retail Buying: From Basics to Fashion, Fairchild Books.
Diamond, Jay & Pintel, Gerald (2008), Retail Buying, 8/E, Pearson Education
India.

Diamond, Jay (2012), Retail Buying, Prentice Hall.
Field, Clifton Coutard (2010), Retail Buying; Modern Principles and Practice.,
General Books.

Pradhan, Swapna (2010), Retail Merchandising, Tata McGraw-Hill Education.
United States, Small Business Administration, Office of Management
Assistance, Retail buying function,

Varley, Rosemary (2013), Retail Product Management: Buying and Merchandising,
Routledge.

Online links http://retail.about.com/od/careers/p/buyer.htm
http://thetemplargroup.com.au/retail-buying/a-retail-buyers-
responsibilities

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/retail_buyer_job_description.htm
http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/vcm/detail/Career-Advice/
Industry-Overview/Planners-and-Buyers?id=863&filter_type=0&filter_id=0

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