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Overview
Clothing shop managers are responsible for daily store activity and staff in clothing or fashion shops, including sales, displays, stock, customer service and supplier contact.
In job descriptions, look for clothing sizes, textile materials, merchandising, sales goals, staff scheduling, budgets, procurement, supplier negotiations, stock ordering, price campaigns, theft prevention and customer feedback.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Clothing shop manager work combines sales floor leadership, staff planning, stock control and customer experience in a clothing or fashion shop. The work often moves between displays, fitting-room issues, supplier contact, budgets and daily sales follow-up.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes clothing sizes, textile materials, visual merchandising, sales goals, procurement, promotional pricing and staff management. Some managers specialize in bridal, children’s, sports, professional wear or other clothing ranges.
Salary context
Pay is shaped by store size, turnover responsibility, staffing level, purchasing authority, opening hours and whether the manager controls budgets or supplier negotiations. A small boutique differs from a high-volume chain store.
Career paths
Development can move toward multi-store management, buying, visual merchandising leadership, retail operations, supplier coordination or training new shop managers on stock, staff and sales routines.
Good to know
Check whether the vacancy names product range, team size, budget authority, stock systems and sales targets. Clear wording separates store management from sales assistant work or general retail supervision.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
41-1011.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to more than one exact ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Mapping project version 1: O*NET-SOC 2019 → ESCO 1.1.0. Targets are validated against ESCO 1.2.1.
Source: European Commission, joint ESCO Secretariat and USDOL/ETA project. O*NET Database: USDOL/ETA. This presentation uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
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Official sources and licenses
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
47.71Retail sale of clothing
Alternative labels
bridal store manager
children's fashion store manager
kids fashion store manager
maternity fashion shop manager
children's fashion shop manager
professional wear shop manager
plus size fashion shop manager
clothes shop manager
clothes store manager
men's fashion shop manager
fashion shop manager
bridal shop manager
fashion store manager
maternity fashion store manager
baby fashion shop manager
athletic fashion store manager
clothing store manager
athletic fashion shop manager
kids fashion shop manager
baby fashion store manager
women's fashion store manager
men's fashion store manager
professional wear store manager
plus size fashion store manager
Occupation group
shop manager (1420.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/980c52f3-0054-45b1-a6f1-20ee8a1e8b9e |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 1420.4.10 |
| ISCO group | 1420 |
| Concept type | Occupation |