Costing for the Fashion Industry

by Nathalie Evans, Michael Jeffrey, Susan Craig

Overview

Costing for the Fashion Industry is a practical, easy-to-use guide to the manufacture, sourcing and risk management methods essential to make a new fashion business venture financially viable.

Each chapter focuses on a theme, such as entrepreneurship, time constraints, global awareness and new markets and sourcing, alongside practical exercises and detailed industry case studies to put the theory into context. This second edition explores capital investment decisions, the changing nature of cost and the importance of global awareness and new markets, as well as expanded coverage of internationalization strategies for SMEs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350078925
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	02/06/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Nathalie Evans and Susan Craig are Senior Lecturers in Fashion Business at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Michael Jeffrey is a retired academic formerly of Manchester Metropolitan University.
Nathalie Evans is Senior Lecturer, Department of Clothing Design and Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Susan Craig is a Senior Lecturer in Fashion Business at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Small and Medium-Sized (SMEs) Clothing Businesses
2. Risk Management
3. Global Awareness and New Markets
4. Product Cost When Sourcing
5. The Nature of Clothing Manufacture and the Need for Costing
6. The Elements of Cost
7. Costing Over Periods of Time
8. Product Cost-Job Costing
9. Marginal Costing
10. Break-Even Analysis
11. Budgeting and Standard Costing
12. The Changing Nature of Cost
13. Activity-Based Costing
14. Capital Investment Decisions

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Editorial Reviews

While the fashion industry continues to evolve, aspiring scholars are left with many inquiries about how to financially build and sustain their dreams. 'Costing' not only provides answers to these questions, but also gives readers the unique opportunity to explore the different options available to help them build paths to success. Evans, Jeffrey, and Craig go above and beyond the expectations for a typical informative textbook and instead offer an expertly-organized manual for financial success in fashion.” —Bailey McAlister, Georgia State University, USA

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