Add-on Sales
Additional purchases of items related to the customer's initial purchases made at the salesperson's suggestions, also known as added gravy.
Allied Products or Lines
Related merchandise grouped in the same category. Often found in the same area of the selling floor or area of the store as a technique to increase sales through associations by the customer or suggestion by the sales staff and as a convenience by the customer.
Assortment
Within a particular classificaiton of goods, the range of choice, such as price, color, size and style.
Best Buy
A high quality, competitively priced items often produced by a smaller markup.
Dans La Vent
"In the wind" - expression used to identify a fashion trend that is incoming or current.
Jazz
Flamboyant styling or accessorization
Knock-Off
A common practice among manufacturers where one copies another, usually to produce less expensive goods.
Misses
A size range from 4 through 18 in women's apparels, expressed in even number terms 4-6-8-10-12
Les Musts
A french expression that refers to particular styles, trends or items as being indispensable in a given season.
Projecting a Look
The identification of an item, style or mode of dressing that will have customer acceptance. eg. the Equestrian boot, the Edwardian look, punk dressing.
Size Range
Children wear is divided into
Children- size 3 to 6
Girls- size 7-14
Infants- Newborn, 3-36 months
Toddlers- one learning to walk, size 1 to 4
Juniors- 3-17
Misses- 4-20
Petites- Regular 2 to 26, Junior 3 to 15
Talls- 12 to 20
Women's - Half sizes 12 1/2 to 26 1/2
Straight Sizes- 36 to 52
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