Retail Management: Analyze, Plan & Strategize
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Retail Management: Analyze, Plan & Strategize
This course is part of Retail Management Mastery: Strategy, Analysis & Success Specialization
Instructor: EDUCBA
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What you'll learn
Define retail concepts and evaluate customer insights for strategy.
Apply store location, merchandising, and financial planning tools.
Formulate integrated strategies to optimize retail performance.
Skills you'll gain
- Retail Management
- Retail Sales
- Customer Insights
- Customer Analysis
- Market Intelligence
- Promotional Strategies
- Integrated Marketing Communications
- Retail Store Operations
- Product Assortment
- Consumer Behaviour
- Promotions and Campaigns
- Competitive Analysis
- Marketing Communications
- Organizational Structure
- Merchandising
- Financial Management
- Strategic Marketing
- Operations Management
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There are 5 modules in this course
By the end of this course, learners will be able to define retail management concepts, analyze retail marketing strategies, evaluate customer insights, apply store location analysis, design organizational structures, and formulate integrated retail strategies. The course provides a step-by-step exploration of the retail world, starting with history and foundations, moving into strategic planning, customer targeting, business operations, and concluding with pricing, promotions, and retail strategy integration.
Learners will benefit from practical insights into customer intelligence acquisition, merchandise management, and financial planning, equipping them with tools to handle real-world retail challenges. Each module blends theory with application, ensuring participants can immediately apply concepts to enhance retail performance. What makes this course unique is its comprehensive approach, covering not just retail basics but also advanced areas like Situational Ethos Analysis, retail catchment areas, merchandise execution, and strategy management. It bridges foundational knowledge with strategic insights, making it valuable for students, professionals, and entrepreneurs aiming to excel in retail management.
This module introduces the foundations of retail management, covering its definition, history, and evolution. Learners explore the retail marketing mix and the importance of complements in shaping customer value. The module sets the stage for understanding Strategic Retail Management (SRM) and its role in aligning retail operations with long-term goals.
What's included
11 videos4 assignments
11 videosβ’Total 73 minutes
- Course Introductionβ’4 minutes
- Definitionβ’6 minutes
- Historyβ’5 minutes
- History Continueβ’8 minutes
- More on Historyβ’9 minutes
- Retail Marketing Mixβ’9 minutes
- Complementsβ’4 minutes
- Strategic Retail Management Complementsβ’2 minutes
- Intro to Strategic Retail Managementβ’10 minutes
- Intro to Strategic Retail Management Continueβ’9 minutes
- SRM Precipitatingβ’8 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Graded-Foundations of Retail Managementβ’30 minutes
- Introduction and Origins of Retailβ’10 minutes
- Evolution and Marketing Basicsβ’10 minutes
- Strategic Retail Management Overviewβ’10 minutes
This module focuses on building strong retailer-customer relationships and effective strategic planning. It highlights Situational Ethos Analysis (SEA) and the classification of retail entities, emphasizing both store-based and non-store retail formats. Learners also explore customer targeting and intelligence acquisition as key drivers of strategy.
What's included
11 videos4 assignments
11 videosβ’Total 93 minutes
- Nurturing Relationshipsβ’9 minutes
- Nurturing Relationships Continueβ’5 minutes
- SRM Strategic Planningβ’12 minutes
- SRM Strategic Planning Continueβ’11 minutes
- Situational Ethos Analysis Complementsβ’2 minutes
- SEA Retail Entities-Ownership Basedβ’14 minutes
- SEA Retail Entities-Store Basedβ’8 minutes
- SEA Retail Entities-Store Based Continueβ’10 minutes
- SEA Online and Non-Storeβ’11 minutes
- SEA Online and Non-Store Continueβ’11 minutes
- Customer Targetting and Intelligence Acquisition Complementsβ’1 minute
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Strategic Retail Planning and Relationshipsβ’30 minutes
- Building and Sustaining Retail Relationshipsβ’10 minutes
- Retail Situational Analysisβ’10 minutes
- Rise of Online and Non-Store Retailingβ’10 minutes
This module emphasizes customer classification, intelligence acquisition, and inference of customer behavior. Learners will also explore retail catchment areas, site selection, and the role of complements in determining store location. The module strengthens skills in applying analytical tools for customer and location-based decisions.
What's included
11 videos4 assignments
11 videosβ’Total 93 minutes
- CTIA Classificationβ’9 minutes
- CTIA Inference of Customer Matrixβ’11 minutes
- CTIA Intelligence Acquisitionβ’12 minutes
- CTIA Inferenceβ’9 minutes
- Store Location Selection Complementsβ’1 minute
- SLS Retail Catchment Area Analysisβ’13 minutes
- SLS Retail Catchment Area Analysis Continueβ’6 minutes
- SLS Site Selectionβ’13 minutes
- SLS Site Selection Continueβ’11 minutes
- Retail Business Management Complementsβ’1 minute
- RBM-ORGβ’8 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Graded-Customer Targeting and Store Locationβ’30 minutes
- Customer Insights and Classificationβ’10 minutes
- Store Location Planningβ’10 minutes
- Advanced Site Selectionβ’10 minutes
This module introduces the principles of retail business management with a focus on organizational structures, financial operations, and efficiency in daily activities. Learners explore merchandise planning, execution, and financial management strategies that ensure profitability and customer satisfaction.
What's included
11 videos4 assignments
11 videosβ’Total 92 minutes
- RBM-Ntellectual Capital Managementβ’7 minutes
- RBM Operations Management Financial Focusβ’10 minutes
- RBM Operations Management Financial Focus Continueβ’6 minutes
- RBM Operations Management Operational Focusβ’8 minutes
- RBM Operations Management Operational Focus Continueβ’9 minutes
- Merchandise Management and Pricing Ethos Complementsβ’1 minute
- MMPE Scripting Merchandize Plansβ’8 minutes
- MMPE Scripting Merchandize Plans Continueβ’11 minutes
- MMPE Executing Merchandize Plans Part 1β’9 minutes
- MMPE Executing Merchandize Plans Part 2β’12 minutes
- MMPE Financial Merchandise Managementβ’11 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Graded-Retail Business and Merchandise Managementβ’30 minutes
- Organizational and Capital Managementβ’10 minutes
- Operational Management in Retailβ’10 minutes
- Merchandise Executionβ’10 minutes
This module covers pricing strategies, customer communication, and promotional mix integration. Learners will understand how to build and maintain a strong retail image, integrate complements into strategies, and apply management and control mechanisms to ensure long-term retail success.
What's included
11 videos4 assignments
11 videosβ’Total 82 minutes
- MMPE Financial Merchandise Management Continueβ’7 minutes
- MMPE Retail Pricing Matrixβ’8 minutes
- MMPE Retail Pricing Matrix Contineβ’10 minutes
- Customer Communication Complementsβ’1 minute
- Generating and Embedding Retail Imageβ’6 minutes
- Generating and Embedding Retail Image Continueβ’13 minutes
- CC Promotional Strategy Mixβ’13 minutes
- CC Promotional Strategy Mix Continueβ’6 minutes
- Retail Strategy Complementsβ’1 minute
- RS Integrationβ’10 minutes
- RS Management and Controlβ’8 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Graded-Pricing, Promotion, and Retail Strategyβ’30 minutes
- Merchandise Finance and Pricingβ’10 minutes
- Retail Image and Promotional Mixβ’10 minutes
- Integrated Retail Strategyβ’10 minutes
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