Retail Management - Spokane Falls Community College

Retail Management from Spokane Falls Community College is a Campus Certificate Retail degree that prepares you for a Business career. Program Description The Retail Management Certificate prepares individuals to manage a variety of retail sales operations or lines of merchandise. Students who complete the ten course Retail Management Certificate program will develop a clear sense of the scope of a career in the field of retail management . The program serves both entry-level job candidates and incumbent employees. The curriculum includes foundational courses in both written and oral communication, business math, human relations, and microcomputer applications. Students also complete specific business and management courses in accounting, management , marketing, retailing, and human resource management. After successful completion of the required coursework, students will receive a Retail Management Certificate . This certificate is endorsed by the Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC). Program Goals Understand retail concepts as they apply to apparel and non-apparel merchandise. Calculate percentages, trade discounts, mark-up, mark-down and price lines. Understand budgeting and inventory control systems. Understand buying and promotion techniques necessary for proper retail management. Career Opportunities More than half of all the people who work in the retailing field are employed in merchandising. Three-fifths of all retailing executives are in merchandising. George A. Scott, a leading national manufacturer, offers this comment to young people: "...The retailing revolution is still roaring. By its very nature, retailing is a dynamic, ever-changing organism. New problems, new challenges crop up every day. Retail needs young people of imagination and ingenuity to solve them. If you qualify for and are genuinely interested in a career in retailing, you will be getting in on the ground floor of a revolution--a revolution that never ends." POTENTIAL POSITIONS INCLUDE: assistant manager, buyer, department manager, management trainee, merchandise manager, and store manager. View more details on Spokane Falls Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Retail courses.