Strategic Retailing
Strategic Retailing covers retailer types, channels, consumer decisions, and retail strategy. Students examine data on financial performance and inventory levels.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 2.23 GPA, 0.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Explain the different classifications of retailers (e.g., food, general merchandise, service, ownership), characteristics and trends for each of the retailer classifications, and the key functions retailers perform
Examine the different channels (i.e., store and non-store) that retailers leverage to sell and deliver merchandise and services to customers and will analyze the characteristics, benefits, and challenges for each of these channels.
Explain how consumer decision-making and environmental trends impact retailers
Explain how successful retailers utilize various strategies to secure competitive advantages (e.g., growth opportunities, financial management, location selection, human resource management, information systems and supply chain).
Examine data to better understand how retailers assess their financial performance and determine appropriate inventory levels.
Source: UW Guide
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Course mapSophomore standing or declared in the Business Exchange program
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- Sophomore standing
- declared in the Business Exchange program
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 2.23 GPA, 0.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).
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Topics
- Retailer classifications and distribution channels
- Consumer decision-making and environmental trends
- Retailing strategy, merchandise management, and store management
- Financial performance assessment and inventory determination
Skills
- Analyze retailer classifications, distribution channels, consumer decision-making, and retailing strategy including merchandise and store management.
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