Retail Management: Operational Dimensions

Earning credentials in Retail Sales documents competencies including targeting customers using marketing research processes and consumer demographics; selecting appropriate sites; designing retail organizations including distribution channels and job classifications; managing financial operations; overseeing retail operations; planning merchandising and pricing strategies; developing retail image and promotional strategies; and assessing performance. Specifically, this badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe components of retail operational management, including an operations blueprint, space and personnel utilization, maintenance, energy and inventory management, security, insurance, credit management, computerization, outsourcing, and crisis management.