Retail Supply Chain Management
The Retail Supply Chain Management concentration prepares students for a variety of careers within the consumer supply chain: retailing, marketing, supply chain management, franchising, brand management, marketing research/data analysis, and/or family businesses in retailing or selling to retailers.
Sponsored by: Retail Supply Chain Institute and TOIM
Faculty contacts: Michael Levy and Kate McKone-Sweet
Faculty contacts serve as advisors to those students who have an interest in the given concentration. You should feel free to contact faculty with questions.
Requirements
Students must take the two required courses listed below to complete this concentration, plus at least 2 elective courses.
Required Courses
- MKT3540 Retailing Management
- MOB3573 Supply Chain Management
Elective Course
(Choose a minimum of 2 courses from this list)
MKT3510 Marketing Research
MKT3550 Consumer Behavior
MKT4505 Marketing Management
MKT4510 Services Marketing
MKT4515 Brand Management
MKT4560 Global Marketing Management
MKT3500 Marketing Communications
MKT3560 Developing and Marketing New Products
MOB3515 Human Resource Management
MOB3510 Service Strategy and Innovation
MOB3522 Business and the Environment
MOB3560 Global Strategic Management
MOB3580 Negotiations
QTM3610 Applied Multivariate Statistics
QTM3612 Data Mining and Competing Analytics
QTM3615 Time Series and Forecasting
QTM3620 Operations Research
EPS3580 Marketing for Entrepreneurs
EPS3545 Family As Entrepreneur
EPS3501 Entrepreneurship and Opportunity
MIS3530 Electronic Business
MIS3525 Enterprise 2.0: Building Social Networks
LAW3560 International Law for Business
Suggested Courses
(Not for credit in the concentration)
- EPS3525 Social Enterprise Management
- EPS3515 Key to Success Family Business
- MKT3574 Managing the Sales Process
- ANT3671 Material Culture
- ECN3660 International Trade Theory and Policy
- ECN3670 Role of Government in Market Economy
Suggested Career Paths
Retail Management
- Merchandising/buying
- Store operations
- Brand management (selling to retailers)
- Sales
Courses
- MKT3510 Marketing Research
- MKT3550 Consumer Behavior
- MKT4510 Services Marketing
- MKT4515 Brand Management
- MKT3500 Marketing Communications
- MOB3515 Human Resource Management
- MOB3510 Service Strategy and Innovation
- MOB3580 Negotiations
- MIS3525 Enterprise 2.0: Building Social Networks
- MKT4505 Marketing Management
- MKT4560 Global Marketing Management
- MKT3560 Developing and Marketing New Products
Analytical Retail Intellegence
- Marketing research
- Analytics—scanner and panel data for retailers or information
- Consultants for retailers
Courses
- MKT3510 Marketing Research
- QTM3612 Applied Data Mining and Competiting Analytics
- QTM3615 Time Series and Forecasting
- QTM3620 Operations Research
- QTM3610 Applied Multivariate Statistics
Retailing for Entrepreneurs
- Family businesses or new retail ventures
- Selling to retailers
Courses
- EPS3580 Marketing for Entrepreneurs
- EPS3545 Family As Entrepreneur
- EPS3501 Entrepreneurship and Opportunity
- MOB3515 Human Resource Management
- MOB3510 Service Strategy and Innovation
- MOB3580 Negotiations
- MKT4560 Global Marketing Management
Supply Chain Operations
- Retailing, selling to retailers, consulting
- Inventory management, procurement, consulting
- Managing the flow of goods/services, information, and financials from raw materials to end users
Courses
- MOB3510 Service Strategy and Innovation
- MIS3530 Electronic Business
- MOB3580 Negotiations
- LAW3560 International Law for Business
- QTM3615 Time Series and Forecasting
- QTM3620 Operations Research
- QTM3610 Applied Multivariate Statistics
- MOB3522 Business and the Environment
- MOB3560 Global Strategic Management