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Retail Management

Lead and optimise retail operations — store management, customer experience, merchandising, inventory, and sales performance.

🎓 Intermediate 🕑 12 hrs 🎉 Certificate of Completion 📋 Exam: Certificate of Completion

Course Overview

Retail is one of New Zealand's largest employment sectors. This course equips current and aspiring retail managers with the skills to run profitable, customer-focused retail operations. Topics include store layout and visual merchandising, inventory management, loss prevention, customer service excellence, team rostering and workforce management, sales analysis using retail KPIs, supplier relationships, omnichannel retail (in-store + online), and point-of-sale systems. Practical case studies are drawn from NZ and Australian retail environments.

What You Will Learn

  • Manage a retail store's daily operations effectively
  • Analyse and improve sales performance using retail KPIs
  • Implement visual merchandising best practices
  • Control inventory and minimise shrinkage
  • Build and manage a high-performing retail team
  • Navigate the shift to omnichannel retail

Course Modules

  • The retail landscape: NZ context, trends and challenges
  • Store layout, zoning and visual merchandising principles
  • Customer service excellence and complaint handling
  • Inventory management: ordering, stock control, shrinkage
  • Loss prevention strategies and procedures
  • Sales performance: KPIs — conversion rate, ATV, UPT, sales per sqm
  • Workforce management: rostering, performance, culture
  • Financial basics for retail managers: GP%, wage %, break-even
  • Supplier and vendor management
  • Omnichannel retail: click and collect, online fulfilment
  • POS systems and retail technology overview
  • Opening and closing procedures, compliance and WHS

Who Is This Course For?

This course is designed for professionals seeking practical, hands-on skills in Retail Management. Whether you are starting out or advancing your existing expertise, our structured approach and real-world labs prepare you thoroughly for both the workplace and certification exams.

Prerequisites

Foundational courses have no prior experience requirements. Intermediate and Advanced courses benefit from some prior exposure to the subject area — specific requirements are noted in the course overview above.

Delivery & Access

  • Blended, online, onsite or on-demand delivery — your choice of format
  • Hands-on labs with real environments
  • Instructor Q&A support for 30 days
  • Verified certificate of completion by BITA
  • Study guides, practice questions and reference materials included