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.

A practical, easy-to-use introduction to costing for the fashion industry for general fashion students who lack any accounting experience.

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.

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



Book Information
ISBN 9781350078895
Author Professor Nathalie Evans
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 412g