On the second day of being in london, I took the opportunity to do a 'comp shop' between Karen Millen and their competitors, such as Reiss, Whistles and BCBG.
This evolves going into the stores and noting the price of key garments that are similar. The data is then put into a basket analysis (spreadsheet) to show how the costs differ between stores.
With this, I took the time to note the quality of fabrication and visual merchandising of the store. This helps gauge the whole shopping experience of KM, as a buyer you have to know what the customer wants. Being out in the shop give you first hand experience of how a product translates to the client.