Basis of Retail Merchandising : Introduction
The Merchandiser: Role and Responsibilities, Concept of Life style Merchandising

Merchandise Planning: Concept, Developing Sales Forecast, Forecasting at the store (SKU), Collaborative planning forecasting and replenishment (CPFR), Assortment Planning, Tools used for merchandising planning

Merchandise Procurement: Merchandise sourcing, Methods of procuring merchandise
Concepts of private label, Category management
Types of vendors, Types of merchandise

Implementing Merchandise Plans & Evaluating Merchandise Performance:
Gathering information, Selecting and interacting merchandising plan.
Inventory valuation: The cost and retail methods, ABC Analysis, Sell through analysis, multiple attribute method. The concept of Gross Margin Return On Investment (GMROI)

Merchandising Pricing: Methods of setting Prices, Pricing Strategies (EDLP, HLP), Price Adjustments ((Mark downs, coupons, Rebates, Price bundling, multiple-unit pricing, variable pricing, online pricing)