Design a Retail Store

Author: Shanin McKavish

First Authored: April 24, 2012

Last Revised: June 13, 2018

Introduction

Throughout the class students have learned all of the various aspects of the retail side of the fashion industry. They will use all of their information to produce a culminating class project of designing a retail store.

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Activities in this Lesson

Word of the Day

Hooks / Set

 

Have Word of the Day displayed while students are entering the room. Today's word is, "profit margin." Explain that all retail stores are trying to increase their profit margin. The types of products sold, the marketing plan and sell through all help determine the overall profit margin and the margin on individual products.

After students have settled and are done writing the word, show the retail store video clip. Explain to the class that this is a college project using the computer to create a retail store. They will also create their own retail store but not quite like this one.

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Retail Store Quiz

Guided Practice

 

Tell the students that today will be a brief review of the class unit on retail. Put up the PowerPoint (all of the directions are contained in the document). Students will need to be grouped into small teams of 4-5 students each. Each team will need a small white board, marker and eraser. If white boards are not available have each table take 4 pieces of paper, label each one with a letter A-D written boldly in the center of the page. Instead of a white board each team can hold up the paper with the letter representing their answer.

Give teams a couple of minutes to come up with a team name. They enjoy being creative. Ask each team to share their team name. Remind them to have integrity when recording their score. At the end of the PowerPoint the winning team is given 5 extra credit points, but the prize could be anything (candy, not doing an assignment, leaving a minute early, etc.). Use the prize that will work for your students.

Teacher note:

This lesson is the culminating activity for an entire year long fashion class. Students have learned every aspect of the assigned project. The "quiz" is an opportunity to refresh their memory and get them thinking about retail. You may need to modify the "quiz" questions based on the specific material you covered in your class.

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Project Review

Lecture

 

Continue with the same PowerPoint. After the "quiz" is an overview of their retail project with examples. It is good to go through the examples while you talk about the project details. There is a slide for almost every step of the project. You can make the project strictly a PowerPoint or open it to other options. Some students enjoy creating with their hands and want to develop a poster or booklet with the store information. The directions state the students have an option so change that if you want them to just make PowerPoint.

Retail Store Project

Projects

 

Allow students class time to work on the project. You will need to decide how much class time you want to provide verses what they should complete at home. Booking time in the computer lab ensure students have time to type their information. While students are working walk around and talk with each group to check for understanding. Make sure students understand the project details, redirect if necessary, check on progress, etc.

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Oral Presentations

Formative Assessment

 

Each student will need to present their project while showing the visuals for their store. During the presentation you should be evaluating their project along with their presentation.

Assessment

Assessment Type: Projects

Use the project grading sheet to grade the projects and presentations. You might want to collect the projects one day, grade them then the following day have students present. Add on the presentation grade then you can provide them their final project grade after the completion of the presentations.

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