Canada Fashion Jobs – A Career in Buying

If you’re looking to pursue a career as a Buyer, here’s some valuable advice from Sterling Shoes Buyer, Sunny Shum. We’ve recapped her articles over the past year so take your pick! One Day As A Shoe Buyer Fashion Buyer Youngerself Change It’s All About Relationships Travel With Ease Buyer Q&A Photo: Paul Melo, melocreative.com You should […]

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Toronto Fashion Jobs – Shoe Buyer Q&A

@_MsRobles: How’d you get into it? My second job at 15 years old was at a retails shoe store. It seems that it’s serendipitous that I am now once again in the shoe business 20 years later. I’ve worked retail most of my life and even got into Visual Merchandising. I left retail and worked […]

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Toronto Fashion Jobs – Change

Who moved my shoe? Yes, this is a spin-off title of one of the most famous books on “work change”, called “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson. Just months ago, my company acquired a new CEO and with new leadership comes a lot of CHANGE. The company has gone through a massive organizational re-structure […]

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Montreal Fashion Jobs – One Day as a Footwear Buyer

It’s really difficult to put in a nutshell all the responsibilities and steps that are involved in a buying process. Buys are usually done 6 to 8 months in advance, therefore pre-planning and working closely with the planning department is crucial. Although I am continuously purchasing product for the stores all year round, the core […]

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