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Background
A fashion buyer is an individual who generally oversees the selection of a range of products aimed for certain customers and price brackets. A buyer may be a part of a buying team for a small store or company. For smaller independent stores, a buyer may participate in sales as well as promotion. Whereas in a major fashion store there may be different levels of seniority such as trainee buyers, assistant buyers, buyers and buying managers, and a buying director.

Qualities to become a successful buyer
There are many qualities that are necessary to be a successful buyer. A few of the qualities are enthusiasm, creativity, imagination, decisiveness, and mathematically competent. Some of these qualities can be learned from experience and others cannot be taught. The qualities that one cannot be taught are enthusiasm and self-motivation, all else can be taught on the job.

Typical Buyer Salaries
The following figure is a bar graph showing average salaries for buyers in different U.S. cities. A buyer’s salary can range from $16,277 to $35, 935+ depending on one’s location, position, and company.

Figure 1. Average Buyer Salaries for various U.S. cities

