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Certification Course in Retail Management (Udemy.com)

Enhance your skills in the ever growing Retail industry - Cover latest trends, case studies

Created by: Aakaro Consulting

Last updated July 2026

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What you will learn

  • Explain different retail formats
  • Know about key players
  • Different factors affecting Pricing
  • Principles of Merchandising
  • Improve Sales and Service of your business
  • Know popular tips and tricks in Visual Merchandising
  • Improve your understanding of Retail KPIs
  • Process improvement
  • Common trends in technology
  • Improving Leadership skills

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Course Description

Are you someone who wants to join the retail industry?

Are you someone who wants to be a retail entrepreneur?

Or anyone who wants to know more about this interesting industry?


If the answer to all these questions is a yes, then you’ve landed on the right place


Retail is an ever-growing industry. Retail management saves time and ensures the customers easily locate their desired merchandise and return home satisfied. An effective management avoids unnecessary chaos at the store and rather increase the sales of the store. This course is suitable for all - Operation, Sales, VM, HR, Logistics if you want to enter in Retail domain.


Section 1: Retail Industry Overview

1. Meaning

  • Explain the meaning and importance of Retail

  • Differentiate between Customer and Consumer

2. Story of Retail

  • Describe the evolution of Retail

  • Differentiate between Organised and Unorganised Retail

  • Explain the key characteristics of Organised Retail

  • Explain the key characteristics of Unorganised Retail

3. Common Formats

  • Describe the common formats in Retail industry

4. Key Players

  • List the key players

5. 6 Ps of Retail

  • Explain the meaning and importance of 6Ps of Retail

6. Functions/Departments in Retail

  • Explain the key functions/departments in retail.

7. Career opportunities in Retail industry

  • List the key profiles in the retail industry

  • Explain the key skills required to perform these roles


Section 2: Pricing

1. Pricing Methods

  • Explain the meaning and importance of various pricing methods

2. Price elasticity

  • Describe the meaning of price elasticity of demand

  • Explain the significance of Price elasticity

  • Calculate the price elasticity

3. Survey - Willingness to pay

  • Take feedback on price worth

  • Explain the preferred Price points


Section 3: Supply Chain Management

1. Is Supply Chain that simple?

  • Explain that supply chain in the practical situation can be complicated

  • Understand the practical scenario of a complicated supply chain


Section 4: Buying and Merchandising

1. Principles of Merchandising

  • Explain the various principles to consider in merchandising


Section 5: Barcodes

1. Meaning

  • Explain the meaning and importance of Barcodes

2. Common types

  • Explain the common types of Barcodes

3. What is GTIN

  • Illustrate the reason behind forming GTIN

  • Explain the meaning and importance of GTIN

  • Explain common standards in GTIN

4. How to generate Barcodes

  • Generate barcodes for the products


Section 6: Visual Merchandising

1. Meaning and Importance

  • Explain the meaning of Visual Merchandising

  • Describe the importance and some fun facts in Visual Merchandising

  • Explain the importance of 5 senses in Visual merchandising

2. Key elements

  • Explain the key elements

3. Store Exteriors and Store Interiors

  • Describe the meaning of Store Exteriors and Store Interiors

  • Explain the meaning and importance of store facade and window display

  • Apply tactics to improve the sales

4. Store Layouts

  • Describe the meaning of Store Layouts

  • Explain various types of Store Layouts

5. Fixtures

  • Describe the meaning of Fixtures

  • Explain various types of Fixtures and their usage

6. Product Presentation/Merchandise Arrangement

  • Describe the meaning of Product presentation/merchandise arrangements

  • Apply the tips to improve the presentation

  • Apply the tips to reduce the wastage

7. Signages

  • Describe the meaning of Signages

  • Explain the types of signages

  • Apply the tactics to improve the sales

8. Planogram

  • Describe the meaning of Planogram

  • Explain the importance of Planogram

9. Popular Tips and Tricks

  • Explain the colour wheel and impact of colours

  • Describe various colour schemes

  • Explain the meaning and importance of color blocking

  • Explain the meaning and importance of endcaps

  • Explain the meaning and importance of Pyramid principle

  • Apply the popular tips and tricks in Visual merchandising

10. Casestudy

  • Casestudy


Section 9: Point of Sale (POS)

1. Meaning

  • Describe the meaning of Point of Sale (POS)

  • Explain the importance of Point of Sale (POS)

2. Casestudy

  • Casestudy


Section 14: Process Improvement

1. Lean vs. Six-Sigma vs. Lean Six Sigma

  • Explain Lean, Six-Sigma, Lean Six-Sigma quality control methods

  • Describe the key principles of Lean

  • Explain different types of wastes

  • Describe the steps in Six-Sigma

2. 5S methodology

  • Describe 5S methodology

3. Case-study

  • Casestudy

4. Unmanaged Inventory

  • Casestudy


Section 18: Luxury Brand Management

1. Tips applied by Luxury Brands

  • Analyse the tips applied by Luxury Brands

  • Apply the tips in your brand


Section 19: Legal

1. Common Legal Terminologies

  • Explain the commonly used legal terminologies


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Instructor Details

Aakaro Consulting

Aakaro Consulting is a management consulting and advisory firm focused on helping organizations improve business performance, strengthen operational effectiveness, and build future-ready capabilities.

Our work spans strategy, operations, leadership, human capital, supply chain, customer experience, business analytics, process improvement, and digital transformation. We work with organizations facing real business challenges—improving productivity, scaling operations, enhancing customer experience, strengthening workforce capability, optimizing supply chains, and driving sustainable growth.

Enterprise Advisory Experience Over the years, we have supported organizations ranging from startups and growth-stage companies to multinational enterprises across diverse industries. Our experience includes engagements with prominent organizations such as Google, United Nations, Uber, HSBC, ITC, PepsiCo, Shell, Hero MotoCorp, Saint-Gobain, JLL, Cognizant, Accenture, Ford, Gap, Nautica, Gant, Thomas Cook, Princeton Review, Aeropostale, and many others.

The Knowledge-Transfer Platform Our learning programs are built from the same business frameworks, methodologies, and practical insights used in consulting engagements. Rather than focusing purely on bookish theory, we emphasize real-world application, decision-making, business analysis, operational improvement, and strategic thinking.

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Reviews

4.6

211 ratings on Udemy

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By Augustine on 3/17/2025

Because I’ve learned a lot in my study and this will help me a lot in my business I’ve learned how to run and brand my business to grow into a successful company

By Murad Mehdi on 6/17/2024

It is an amazing course, with lots of knowledge, and covers almost all aspects of retailing. Thank you Udemy.

By Chetan Gaikwad on 6/8/2024

This session is teaches me alot about retail. as i am working in retail from past 8 years, knowing most of facts and processes still this course help me to understand the depth of Retail sector

By Rupesh Mamidwar on 5/28/2024

Great Course. Got a lot of insights into Retail domain.

By Remy James Scarlton on 3/25/2024

It was a fun easy learning process

By Vamshi Mohan Katkam on 3/20/2024

Good coverage of concepts and examples, may add latest videos for better relevance

By Samkamalesan on 3/18/2024

I had no idea before getting into this course. Now I had gained some knowledge on retailer management

By Suchismita Mohanty on 2/21/2024

It is a very important subject matter and well designed with real time examples,.

By Nilesh Desai on 2/18/2024

Very informative and well curated content

By Hirok on 6/17/2023

Many valid and important information . How ever we are following the same but still useful

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Overall Score : 92 / 100