Retail Management

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Define and explain basic retailing principles, concepts, technologies, institutions, and trends in the retail environment.
• Explain the differences between retail segments.
• Describe global market factors associated with developed and emerging retail markets.
• Examine the nature and scope of planning retail strategy, assessing competitions and risk factors involved when entering new global retail markets.
• Conduct library and field research on specific retail topics, analyze findings, draw conclusions and make relevant presentations to retail executives to improve retail concepts and practices.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Midterm Examination	150 points
Final Examination	150 points
Discussion Board Posts	100 points
Weekly Activities	300 points
Total	700 points

Grading Scale:

Percentage	Letter Grade
93 – 100%	A
90 – 92.9%	A-
87 – 89.9%	B+
83 – 86.9%	B
80 – 82.9%	B-
77 – 79.9%	C+
73 – 76.9%	C
70 – 72.9%	C-
67 – 69.9%	D+
63 – 66.9%	D
60 – 62.9%	D-
< 60%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Your attendance and participation in the course will be evaluated based on your active engagement in online discussions and completion of assigned weekly activities.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Levy, Michael, & Grewal, Dhruv (2024). Retail Management (11th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
• EP Packback Questions with Packback NS by Packback