Brown School of Business and Leadership

Three Fashion Merchandising seniors (Meghan Roberts, Justin Baluyot, and Elle Bialozynski) from Dr. Holly Lentz-Schiller’s Merchandise Sourcing and Logistics (FMER 340) class were selected to present a poster at the International Textile and Apparel Association’s Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV in October. ‘Sol’ was a term project consisting of a business plan for a socially responsible retailer conceived by the students.

There were over fifty submissions to the competition, with only the top ten selected for presentation. Great poster! Congrats to all!

Dr. Holly Lentz-Shiller of the Brown School of Business and Leadership and Leslie Simpson, did a pre-orientation workshop with a group of freshman students focused on merchandising and retailing in Harbor East. Students were from a variety of majors; Business Administration, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Design, Biology, and Business Communications.

They visited Lululemon and talked with the team there where they learned about the Lululemon consumer, sales strategies, and visual merchandising.