Buying and Beyond
Welcome to the Buying & Beyond podcast, the podcast for all things Retail Buying...and more!
Join us, Kate & Lyns, buyers and best friends, each week for industry insights, stories and expertise from real people in retail.
Enjoy honest stories and conversations, retail therapy and learn bite-sized tips from us and our guests from across the industry.
- Season 1 starts with Becoming a Buyer - the background to how we started in the industry, what exactly is a Buyer, working your way up the ladder and the main meetings and tasks working in Buying
- Season 2 is all about Being a Buyer - leading a team, coordinating trips, working with suppliers, product & personal development and sustainability
- Season 3 takes us beyond just the direct Buying team - we introduce merchandisers, talk about designers and new trends, burnout & life coaching.
- Season 4 is where we are inviting more Buyers and also Brands and Businesses to tell us their stories...
We are your modern day mentors; prepping Buyers of the future, empowering current Buyers and giving insights to retail businesses and entrepreneurs
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Season 2 Episode 8: Personal development is key in buying! We talk all about how to drive your own development and the importance of leaning on those trauma friends along the way!
In Episode 8 we discuss the importance of personal development, taking ownership and driving your own development. It’s easier said than done though, so we share our recommendations for learning opportunities, podcasts that we love (other than ours, haha), life coaching and mentoring. Of course we go off on tangents around motivation and positivity - spin studios, BMF, netflix sports documentaries, women supporting women…We also talk about finding your support network, these are the people that you feel comfortable sharing your vulnerable side and the ones that will champion you.
We would really encourage you to seek the following to help support driving your own development:
- Seek out that support, whether that is a friend, co-worker, manager or someone in the workplace that you really respect. Go for a coffee, have an informal chat and no doubt it will open up new avenues and opportunities. If we’re honest there is a great need and not enough of mentoring in retail, but if we all start seeking it out, it will drive the change we need.
- Look externally for extra support, so seek out podcasts, audio books, online courses etc that will give you information in bitesize chunks that you can listen to while you go about your busy life; cooking dinner, on the way to work/the gym/a friends house etc… It’s a worthwhile investment
- Life Coaching is a great tool to use to find out what your career path is, no one really knows where their career is going, and having a forum to openly discuss can really help to guide you
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