Career Options & Prospects after a MBA in Retail

A people-oriented industry, retailing came to India in the mid-80s. A retail professional is primarily involved in selling products and services to consumers. There is a huge demand in the retail sector for trained and skilled professionals for processing merchandise shipments to achieve store sales, look after the store administration, and to communicate with clients.


Career Options
 

• Sales
• Store Manager
• Retail Manager
• Retail Buyers and Merchandiser
• Visual Merchandisers
• Supply Chain Distributors
• Logistics and Warehouse Managers
• Marketing Executives

Skills

• Communication skills must be excellent
• Dignified conduct
• Patience while dealing with clients and physical fitness
• Ability to convince customers of the usefulness of a particular product
• Updated knowledge of changes in the retail market
• Familiarity with advertising and merchandising techniques
• Ability to retrain

Important facts about the Retail Industry

• You get paid handsomely if you stick with an organisation
• With retail giants such as Wal-Mart likely to enter the Indian scene, the sector’s employability factor might increase
• Strenuous job, hard on the feet
• One has to deal diplomatically with annoyed clients