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a career in retail
Retail is an exciting, fast paced, growing and diverse industry, and jobs are not limited to stacking shelves or becoming a sales assistant.
Retail offers a range of career opportunities within sales, buying, visual merchandising, logistics and distribution, team leaders/supervisors, IT, finance, accounting, store management and more.
Retail covers a wide range of businesses, such as fashion, food, electrical, music and jewellery, with big name retailers such as Boots, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis and Debenhams, to name a few, operating in these areas.
You can specialise in an area that you're interested in and learn the skills you need to gain recognised qualifications. If you do this in-house, your employer may offer team leader/supervisor and management programmes.
Retail welcomes self motivated individuals, who are willing to learn and progress within the industry.
Our full list of qualifications and training
Help in returning to work if you have a disability or health condition
Find out how others have established a successful career path in retail
our core offer:
- Training and coaching
- Careers advice and guidance
- Employment advice
- Pre-employment training – Skillsmart Retail Works
- Retail placements and work experience opportunities
- Experience in ‘live’ retail environments