Shushan Karapetyan

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Course Leader | MA Global Fashion Retailing

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s.karapetyan@fashion.arts.ac.uk

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Staff

Biography

Shushan Karapetyan is the Course Leader for MA Global Fashion Retailing, and lectures on the MA Global Fashion Retailing, LCF MBA as well as MA Fashion Marketing and Sustainability courses.

Prior to joining LCF, Shushan was a Marketing Lecturer and Course Coordinator at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, where she taught Marketing Management, Retailing, International Business and Business Communications.Prior to embarking on an academic career, Shushan held leadership roles in a wide range of retail organisations from innovative start-ups to heritage brands and multinational conglomerates. Shushan has created collections for iconic Canadian brands such as Birks Jewellers and Buffalo David Bitton (part of Li & Fung group) and developed licensed products for international household name brands such as Prada, New Balance, Victoria’s Secret and Skechers.Shushan has also worked in the mass market sector developing and managing products for Costco worldwide, Walmart and even Dollarama. Her management experience spans from mass market Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) to luxury made-to-measure (MTM) and bespoke tailoring – from Walmart to Costco to Prada to Savile Row.Throughout her career, Shushan has managed offshore production and partners in more than 20 countries across 6 continents.Her specialties are Product Development, Merchandising, Supply Chain Management, Branding and Luxury Marketing.

Shushan Karapetyan

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London College of Fashion

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