Principles of Retailing
Examines types of retail stores, merchandising, operations, store location and layout, internal organization, buying, personnel management, inventory control, and sales promotion in the evolving global, high-tech retail to e-tail business environment.
Subject Code: BUS
Course Number: 109
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours 3
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Differentiate among the various types of retailing.
2. Synthesize information to describe current trends in the retail industry.
3. Explain how variations in the environment (business, social, economic, political, international) affect retail.
4. Summarize in general terms the experience of a small retail business.
5. Assemble components for a working business plan.
6. Describe or explain specific retail strategies given a particular business situation.
Effective Term: Fall 2025
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