Associate Degree in Retail Management

Penn Foster College's Associate Degree in Retail Management provides a thorough background in the functional areas of retail management, finance/accounting, marketing, buying, and merchandising. This associate's degree program ensures that the graduates of this course has better chances of employment, and will also have more opportunities for career advancement in the field of retail. Students will receive a training that will make them fit for roles as supervisors, managers, and owners in a sales environment with this degree program.

Students who seek to earn a retail management degree will need to acquire human relations and entrepreneurial skills. Some of these skills include decision-making skills, customer service skills, record-keeping skills and business management skills, which can all be gained through the program. In essence, this is a program that prepares men and women for retail management careers, given the advantage of having a credential enhancing degree. Students will have necessary academic background to enter the field of merchandising, sales management, store management, supply chain management, marketing and e-commerce.