Hermione Penny and Emily Smith are part of our Industry Development team at the FRA who organise student work placements. They said, “Industry experiences are a great opportunity for students to network and build upon their professional portfolio for future roles.”
PEP&CO is one of the UK’s fastest-growing clothing brands; last year it became one of the top 20 in the UK by volume sold. One of our fashion industry retail partners, the brand offers work placements to our students to give them an insight into how a fashion business runs.
Renz worked in the menswear department, and he said his placement: “helped give me an understanding of buying. I didn’t know much about PEP&CO before this and was surprised at the range. I’d definitely wear their items!”
Lizzie spent three weeks in buying and merchandising. She said: “It was really interesting to see how the process works. The range was much bigger than I expected. I’d really like to go into buying and I’m particularly interested in kidswear.”
Amber said: “I didn’t realise Poundland did clothes and was impressed at how fashionable the range is. I learned a lot about how much detail goes into buying clothes.”