Meet Rishi Tandon
Fashion retail experience.
Practical business thinking.
A fashion retail professional, consultant and educator with 20+ years of industry experience across buying, merchandising, planning, retail finance, business strategy and brand growth.
About Rishi
I built Fashion Retail Academy to bring practical fashion business knowledge to professionals, entrepreneurs, brands and students.
My career has given me exposure to both Indian and international fashion businesses, with experience spanning product, buying, merchandising, planning, retail and commercial decision-making.
My approach is simple: fashion is creative, but a successful fashion business also needs disciplined commercial thinking. Product, pricing, inventory, margins, cash flow, distribution and growth have to work together.
That is the thinking I bring into consulting and training — practical frameworks, real business logic and tools that can be used to make better decisions.
Education
NIFT background.
A foundation in fashion education from the National Institute of Fashion Technology, combined with more than two decades of hands-on fashion retail experience.
Career Experience
Experience across fashion businesses.
My professional experience includes working with established Indian and international fashion businesses, giving me a perspective across different brands, categories, markets and operating models.
Areas of Expertise
Connecting product, numbers and growth.
My consulting and training combines fashion merchandising with the commercial and financial thinking required to build a sustainable fashion business.
Buying & Sourcing
Product selection, assortment, vendor strategy and commercial buying.
Merchandise Planning
MFP, WSSI, OTB, forecasting, inventory, WOS, ROS and sell-through.
Pricing & Profitability
Pricing architecture, margin, markdowns, promotions and profitability.
Retail Finance
P&L, cash flow, working capital, inventory investment and business planning.
Retail Distribution
MBO, EBO, LFS, D2C, marketplaces and omnichannel strategy.
Go-to-Market
Category strategy, channel strategy, launch planning and execution.
Business & Brand Strategy
Positioning, category architecture, growth strategy and scaling.
Excel Retail Systems
Practical planning models, financial models, dashboards and decision tools.
Why Work With Me
Experience that connects the dots.
Industry experience, not just theory
The objective is to bring practical fashion business thinking to real commercial problems.
Merchandising + Finance
Product and commercial decisions have to work together with margins, inventory, cash and profitability.
Practical business tools
Consulting and training can be translated into planning models, frameworks and decision-making tools.
Indian + international exposure
Experience across established Indian groups and international fashion brands provides a broader perspective.
Let's Talk
Have a fashion business challenge?
Whether you are building a new brand, improving an existing business, expanding distribution or working to improve profitability, let's discuss it.