- Acronyms are widely used in fashion business, however they can be an obstacle for new hires as the acronyms used by different companies can be different.
Here below a list of widely used acronyms divided by category
Financial fashion acronyms
- 3YP, 5YP 3 years and 5 years plan
- COGS Cost of Goods Sold
- G&A General & Administrative
- LY Last Year
- YoY Year on Year
- P&L Profit and Loss
- BGT Budget
- Fct Forecast
- KPI Key Performance Indicators
Digital Marketing
- CLT Customer Lifetime Value
- CpC Cost per Click
- CpA Cost per Acquisition
- CpL Cost per Lead
- CpO Cost per Order
- CRM Customer Relationship Management
- CTR Click Though Rate
- SEM Search Engine Marketing
- SEA Search Engine Advertising
- SERP Search Engine Result Page
Ecommerce
- AOV Average Order Value
- ASP Average Selling Price
- CR Conversion Rate
- CRO Conversion Rate Optimization
- O2O Offline to Online and Online to Offline
- UX User Experience
- Gross Merchandise Value
Project Management
- PM Product or Project or Program Manager depending on the context
- POC Proof Of Concept
- RFP Request for Proposal
- RFI Request for Information
Organization
- VP Vice President (SVP Senior Vice President)
- CEO Chief Executive Officer
- CFO Chief Financial Officer
- CMO Chief Marketing Officer
- RACI Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed
- SLA Service Level Agreement
Management
- B2B Business to Business
- B2C Business to Consumer
- KPI Key Performance Indicator
- MBO Management By Objectives
- ETA Expected Time for Accomplishment
- TCO Total Cost of Ownership
Information Technology
- CDN Content Distribution Network
- ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
Retail
- POS Point Of Sale
- UPT Units Per Transaction