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Pearl Academy of Fashion, which has recently collaborated with the Future Group to offer a course in visual merchandising and retail experience managemen, is offering an independent post graduate diploma course, in Fashion Merchandising. It was set up a decade or so ago by the Pearl Global Limited, an apparel major. The Academy is aiming to train professionals with a comprehensive range of cognitive and intellectual skills and claims to be delivering the highest international standards.

Course Title : Post-Graduate Diploma In Fashion Merchandising (FM)

Duration : Two Years [August 2007 to May 2009]

Eligibility : Graduate in any Discipline

Location : Delhi, Chennai, Jaipur

Aim : This course aims to train students comprehensively with concepts, practical skills and techniques required by professional Fashion Merchandisers.

Merchandising : In the global fashion industry, merchandising is a specialist function that involves a high level of planning and systems.

Merchandisers : Merchandisers liaise between the market and business end of fashion outside the organization and the creative and production ends within. They are involved in business planning & analysis, buyer management and order fulfillment. Merchandisers are also required to steer product devepoment, thereby enhancing competitiveness through the value addition route.

Future Prospects : With the tremendous growth of the apparel industry domestically and overseas, current industry trends clearly indicate a huge requirement of professionaly trained merchandisers. The fashion merchandising course fulfills this need in the Apparel Industry.

Course Content/ Particulars: For details, please visit their web page by clicking on this link.

Careers : After this qualification, students are ready to join the domestic and export garment industries, accessories makers and other fashion segments as Buyers, Merchandisers, Co-ordinators, Product Developers.

Contact : Pearl Academy of Fashion, A-21/13, Naraina Industrial Area, Phase-II, New Delhi – 110028.

Phones : (011) 41417693-94; 25703451/5478/8506; Fax : (011) 25705451

URL: pearlacademy

Further Information/ Clarification : Please contact the Academy directly either personally or by phone/fax or by visiting their website by clicking on this web link.