NRF Business of Retail

Hours: 11 / Access Length: 12 Months / Delivery: Online, Self-Paced
Retail Price: $314.00

Course Overview:

The Business of Retail credential is RISE Up's advanced course for youth and adult learners progressing in their careers.

Developed in collaboration with over 20 notable retailers, the curriculum helps your learners land high-demand jobs and get promoted in the retail industry and beyond. Earning a certification validates their knowledge and skills to employers and builds workplace-readiness.

This course prepares a student to take the National Retail Foundation Business of Retail national certification exam.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Retail Industry Overview

• Welcome to Retail
• The Environmental Impact of Retail
• Career Spotlight: Store Leader, Kroger
• Retail Operations Overview

Lesson 2: Retail Operations

• Inventory Management
• Career Spotlight: Merchandising and Inventory Leader, PetSmart
• Loss Prevention
• The CRAVED Model
• External Theft: Common Retail Scams & Schemes
• Workplace Violence
• Workplace Safety

Lesson 3: Marketing and Merchandising

• Marketing
• Merchandising

Lesson 4: The Retail Product Model

• Calculating Profit
• Understanding the Impact

Lesson 5: Building Your Career

NOTE:  All content in this module is excluded from the exam

• Finding Your Ideal Retail Job
• Getting Your Ideal Job
• Virtual Interviews
• Your First Day on the Job
• Being a Good Employee
• Growing Your Skills
• Career Spotlight: General Manager, Old Navy
• Planning and Following a Career Path
• Building Your Skill Set
• Considering Cross-training vs. Specialization
• Career Spotlight: Senior Manager of U.S. Security, McDonald’s

All necessary course materials are included.

Certification(s):

This course prepares a student to take the National Retail Foundation Business of Retail national certification exam.

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

NOTE: While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system.  This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections.   Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware Requirements:

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher.  1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or higher.
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions
  

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.