Retail Management (Level 3) - A Home Study, Distance Learning Course
Course
Distance
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Class hours
120h
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Duration
12 Months
This Retail Management course is ideal for those wishing to progress into management position, and useful for current retail managers wishing to maximise their career development. It enables you to develop a thorough knowledge of all core aspects of successful retail management.
On this course you will:
Develop your understanding of the wider commercial environment in which retail operates.
Discover the importance of supply chain and inventory management.
Learn how to ensure that your team delivers excellent customer service.
Understand the role that pricing strategy and how it influences consumer choice.
Develop your ability to manage people and their performance.
Important information
Price for Emagister users: We are offering students a 20% discount this month if you enrol online and pay in full.
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About this course
Key Topics
The Retail Management course is divided into six units :
Unit 1: The Context of Retail
Unit 2: Customer Service
Unit 3: Sourcing Your Retail Business
Unit 4: Getting Products to Your Customers
Unit 5: Your Pricing Strategy
Unit 6: Managing Your People
No Entry Requirements. The good news is that no prior learning knowledge or experience is essential to take this course. This course is openly available to anyone wishing to learn more about Retail Management and would like to take part in a highly rewarding home study course. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.
NCFE Level 3 Award in Retail Management
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Subjects
- Customer Service
- Inventory Management
- Pricing Strategy
- Sales
- Forecasting
- Advertising
- Management
- Retail Management
- Retail
- Retail Marketing
Teachers and trainers (1)
Support Advisor
Support Advisor
Course programme
COURSE OVERVIEW
How is the course structured?The Retail Management course is divided into six units :
Unit 1: The Context of Retail
- Retail management is changing
- Losing touch with consumers
- Market segmentation
- Rational models
- The role of experience in shopping
- Finding out how customers feel
- Brands: meaning and values
Unit 2: Customer Service
- What is customer service?
- The importance of customer service
- The experience of being in your store
- Locating the right product
- Solving customers' problems
Unit 3: Sourcing Your Retail Business
- The value chain
- What to stock and whom to sell it to
- Who to buy supplies from
- Inventory management
- Forecasting and early sales data
- Restocking and rapid supply
Unit 4: Getting Products to Your Customers
- Direct channels
- Access and convenience
- Standardisation
- Localisation
- Clustering
- Suppliers and manufacturer partnerships
- Point of purchase
- Distribution strategy
Unit 5: Your Pricing Strategy
- A return to haggling?
- Advertising and promotion
- Social media and publicity
- Is cheapest best?
- Costs
- Price-matching
- Sign-posting
- Customer loyalty schemes
- Other pricing strategies
- Real value integrity
Unit 6: Managing Your People
- Getting the right people
- Creating a customer-oriented culture
- Personality and motivation
- Managing performance
- Setting motivational SMART goals
- Expectations, value and brand
- Training and developing people
- Leading and managing people
- Role modelling
- Coaching
- Learning about people
Course Assessments
This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.
Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a certificate of achievement will be awarded by NCFE, as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.Course Fees
Our aim is to provide you with the best deal available, therefore any registration fee, certification fee and full tutor support is included in the course price for you. The enrolment fee for the Level 3 Retail Managementhome study course is £436.25, though for a limited time we are offering you the opportunity to pay only £349 which is a 20% discount if you enrol online and pay in full.
You can also opt for our Easy Payment Plan and enrol online today by paying a deposit of £87.25 and then 4 equal payments of £87.25 per month. The first instalment is paid about a month after you receive your course.
Online Version : £349
Paper Version : £369
Additional information
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Retail Management (Level 3) - A Home Study, Distance Learning Course