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THE PROFESSIONAL RETAIL ACADEMY (PRA)™

Retail Management Courses

Non-credit online courses in retail management.

Pick the courses you want, or follow a structured retail management learning path to receive a path completion certificate.

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Foundational Courses

Foundational courses are recommended prerequisites for the other retail management courses. We recommend starting with them.

COURSES | STARTING
Retail Management Courses

Video Duration: 28 min - Approx. 1 h to complete

COURSES | RETAIL MATH
Retail Math Course

Video Duration: 57 min - Approx. 2.5 h to complete

COURSES | MARKETING

Video Duration: 23 min - Approx. 1 h to complete

COURSES | ECONOMICS

Video Duration: 34 min - Approx. 1.5 h to complete

COURSES | MARKETING

Video Duration: 36 min - Approx. 1.5 h to complete

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT Courses

COURSES | RETAIL STRATEGY

Video Duration: 1 h 15 min - Approx. 3 h to complete

COURSES | MARKETING

Video Duration: 59 min - Approx. 2.5 h to complete

COURSES | RETAIL SALES | RETAIL OPERATIONS

Video Duration: 1 h 06 min - Approx. 2 h to complete

CORE Retail Management Courses

COURSES | RETAIL FINANCIALS

Video Duration: 32 min - Approx. 1.5 h to complete

COURSES | RETAIL OPERATIONS
Store Management Course

Video Duration: 34 min - Approx. 1 h to complete

COURSES | RETAIL STRATEGY
Retail Business Management Course

Video Duration: 45 min - Approx. 2 h to complete

COURSES | BUYING & MERCHANDISING

Video Duration: 51 min - Approx. 2.5 h to complete

COURSES | BUYING & MERCHANDISING

Video Duration: 1 h 07 min - Approx. 3 h to complete

COURSES | RETAIL SALES | RETAIL OPERATIONS

Video Duration: 28 min - Approx. 1 h to complete

COURSES | RETAIL FINANCIALS | RETAIL OPERATIONS | BUYING & MERCHANDISING

Video Duration: 41 min - Approx. 1.5 h to complete

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Retail management is the process of managing the different functions at a retail organization, with the main goal of providing customers a great shopping experience, through curated product assortments and great customer service at the stores.

Retail management involves learning about:

  • Identifying customer needs to serve them with the right products
  • Consumer behavior and how consumers shop
  • Sourcing the right products in the right amounts
  • Merchandising the stores
  • Setting the right prices and using the right sales promotions
  • Managing inventory
  • Managing store operations and the sales process
  • Managing retail employees
  • Managing business performance and financials

For someone at store manager level, the following courses are recommended:

  • Introduction to Retail Management
  • Retail Math Fundamentals
  • Retail Sales Management
  • Retail Operations Management
  • Retail Budgeting & Planning
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Leadership & Motivation

You can also check out the operational retail management learning path, and receive a certificate of completion when you finish all the courses in the path and pass the final assessment.

All courses and learning paths are available for you to enroll in, when you sign up for the Premium+Courses plan.

For someone working in commercial roles, such as buyers, merchandisers and category managers, the following courses are recommended:

  • Introduction to Retail Management
  • Retail Math Fundamentals
  • Merchandising & Inventory Management
  • Retail Pricing & Promotions
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Branding & Positioning
  • Foundations of Marketing
  • Foundations of Economics
  • Retail Growth & Expansion
  • Retail Business Performance Analysis

You can also check out the commercial retail management learning path, and receive a certificate of completion when you finish all the courses in the path and pass the final assessment.

All courses and learning paths are available for you to enroll in, when you sign up for the Premium+Courses plan.

For retail business owners and managers, the following courses are recommended:

  • Introduction to Retail Management
  • Retail Math Fundamentals
  • Retail Sales Management
  • Retail Operations Management
  • Retail Budgeting & Planning
  • Merchandising & Inventory Management
  • Retail Pricing & Promotions
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Branding & Positioning
  • Foundations of Marketing
  • Foundations of Economics
  • Strategic Management
  • Retail Growth & Expansion
  • Retail Business Performance Analysis
  • Leadership & Motivation

Each online retail management course will take between 1 to 3 hours to complete. 

This includes watching the video lectures, taking notes, completing the additional reading materials, finishing the quizzes and exercises, and taking the final assessment. 

This duration estimate does not include studying and preparing for the final assessment or doing additional reviews for the materials.

No, they don’t.

Our courses are non-credit courses, i.e they will not give credit that can be used to earn an academic degree.

The goal of The Professional Retail Academy ™ is to bridge the gap between what it is taught at business schools, and the practical knowledge that is actually applied on a day-to-day basis in retail businesses.

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