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
- MKT 3540 Retailing Management
- MOB 3573 Supply Chain Management
Elective Courses
(Choose a minimum of 2 courses from this list)
MKT 3510 Marketing Research
MKT 3550 Consumer Behavior
MKT 4505 Marketing Management
MKT 4510 Services Marketing
MKT 4515 Brand Management
MKT 4560 Global Marketing Management
MKT 3500 Marketing Communications
MKT 3560 Developing and Marketing New Products
MOB 3515 Human Resource Management
MOB 3510 Service Strategy and Innovation
MOB 3522 Business and the Environment
MOB 3560 Global Strategic Management
MOB 3580 Negotiations
QTM 3610 Applied Multivariate Statistics
QTM 3612 Data Mining and Competing Analytics
QTM 3615 Time Series and Forecasting
QTM 3620 Operations Research
EPS 3580 Marketing for Entrepreneurs
EPS 3545 Family As Entrepreneur
EPS 3501 Entrepreneurship and Opportunity
MIS 3530 Electronic Business
MIS 3525 Enterprise 2.0: Building Social Networks
LAW 3560 International Law for Business
Suggested Courses
(Not for credit in the concentration)
- EPS 3525 Social Enterprise Management
- EPS 3515 Key to Success Family Business
- MKT 3574 Managing the Sales Process
- ANT 3671 Material Culture
- ECN 3660 International Trade Theory and Policy
- ECN 3670 Role of Government in Market Economy
Suggested Career Paths
Retail Management
- Merchandising/buying
- Store operations
- Brand management (selling to retailers)
- Sales
Courses
- MKT 3510 Marketing Research
- MKT 3550 Consumer Behavior
- MKT 4510 Services Marketing
- MKT 4515 Brand Management
- MKT 3500 Marketing Communications
- MOB 3515 Human Resource Management
- MOB 3510 Service Strategy and Innovation
- MOB 3580 Negotiations
- MIS 3525 Enterprise 2.0: Building Social Networks
- MKT 4505 Marketing Management
- MKT 4560 Global Marketing Management
- MKT 3560 Developing and Marketing New Products
Analytical Retail Intellegence
- Marketing research
- Analytics—scanner and panel data for retailers or information
- Consultants for retailers
Courses
- MKT 3510 Marketing Research
- QTM 3612 Applied Data Mining and Competiting Analytics
- QTM 3615 Time Series and Forecasting
- QTM 3620 Operations Research
- QTM 3610 Applied Multivariate Statistics
Retailing for Entrepreneurs
- Family businesses or new retail ventures
- Selling to retailers
Courses
- EPS 3580 Marketing for Entrepreneurs
- EPS 3545 Family As Entrepreneur
- EPS 3501 Entrepreneurship and Opportunity
- MOB 3515 Human Resource Management
- MOB 3510 Service Strategy and Innovation
- MOB 3580 Negotiations
- MKT 4560 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
- MOB 3510 Service Strategy and Innovation
- MIS 3530 Electronic Business
- MOB 3580 Negotiations
- LAW 3560 International Law for Business
- QTM 3615 Time Series and Forecasting
- QTM 3620 Operations Research
- QTM 3610 Applied Multivariate Statistics
- MOB 3522 Business and the Environment
- MOB 3560 Global Strategic Management