Career Overview

Career Progression In the Retail Sector

There seems to be a misleading perception that opportunities for career progression within the retail sector tend to be limited. After all, when most people...

Do you Have the Right People Skills?

Whilst people who work in retail have a number of different skills which all combine together to work effectively, it’s often people skills – which are o...

Marketing Careers in Retail

A career in retail marketing, places you right at the sharp end of a company’s business strategy and much of what you do (or don’t do for that matter) wi...

Personality Types Needed for a Retail Career

There are many different types of personality which make up the many thousands of people who work in retail and certain personality traits are going to be mo...

Salaries in the Retail Sector

Firstly, it’s important to recognise that salaries in the retail sector can vary tremendously. This can be due to demographic reasons – for example, as w...

What are Retail Employers Looking for?

In spite of many people opting to work within the retail sector in one capacity or another, many retail companies often cite the fact that they just cannot f...

What Careers are Available in Retail?

When considering a career in retail, there are so many different types of job available but the retail sector as a whole can broadly be broken down into the...

What is Visual Merchandising?

The Oxford English Dictionary defines visual merchandising as the "activity of promoting the sale of goods, especially by their presentation, in retail outle...

Working Hours in the Retail Sector

The retail sector has undergone a major transformation when it comes to working hours over recent years since the introduction of 24 hour shopping and the op...