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- Brands - generally a company selling clothing will have a number of different brands they manage
- Article Categories are normally across brands
- Styles - generally within a brand are a number of styles
- Styles are normally within a single category with only colour variation between different articles
- Colours
- Colours are within a style - normally variations in colour or material or logos etc
- Sizes
- Clothing articles vary in sizes within a colour
- Different Article Categories may have different size ranges - example mens shoes vs womens shoes
- Seasons
- Clothing is very seasonal with products being available only for short duration and new products being regularly introduced.
- Seasons are defined in the system and used in Seasonal Forecasting where products with peaks and troughs and new product introductions can be managed
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