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getting to travel to Korea and China for work this month
and Paris and New York in February.
kind of surreal that I’m getting to see all these places through my job. I have always had the desire to travel the world, and I’m feeling so lucky that my career has brought -and is bringing me - so many incredible places.
this is my first experience working with an owner of a company who is insanely down to earth, honest, and full of integrity. someone who fully cares about the well being of their employees and doesn’t cut corners when it comes to getting the best, most high quality end result. it is so refreshing and inspiring. so grateful and feeling so lucky.thank you universe, for conspiring to set this chain of events in motion. **if only I had foreseen that I would be getting a 6s plus as my work phone as well so I wouldn’t be lugging around two baby iPads all over the damn world now.. (but that’s just incredibly the most #firstworldproblem i could ever post, isn’t it)**
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what does it mean that you're a "ladies buyer" for MKL and Karmaloop? like, what all does it entail??xo
hi!
as a buyer i am responsible for choosing the product that we sell on the sites. i do this by seeing the lines ahead of time (usually two seasons ahead of time) and placing buys based off of trend knowledge, trend forecasting, budget, and OTB (open-to-buy).
i am also responsible for negotiating discounts and shipping and payment terms with my vendors. the bigger the discount, the larger the margin (i.e the more money we make). i do weekly reorders on product that is selling well, and negotiate swapouts or margin assistance for items that aren’t moving. i oversee some of the styling to ensure the looks on the site stay in line with how i envisioned the line when i bought it. i help pull looks for the lookbooks as well. i work with marketing on strategies to push categories, new brands, and to generally create sales. i also update the instagrams (not all the time, just when on work trips or when i have a new exclusive i want you guys to see)
it’s a lot of work, and a LOT more numbers crunching than people think.. but i love what i do.
i might have missed some of what the job entails… but you get the gist!
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