Developing a Career in the Retail Industry

Career
Research Report
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION.................................................................................................3
General trends which will impact on retail profession/ industry................................................3
The Skills/ Knowledge and experience required........................................................................4
Evaluation...................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................7
APPENDIX......................................................................................................................................8
Job Advertisement.......................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
I recently graduated from University and want to develop my career in Retail industry.
Respective industry include selling of finished goods or products to potential consumers in the
exchange of money. This will include various sub divisions such as drugs, departmental and
convenient store, grocery and many more. There are numbers of successful multinational retail
companies such as Wal Mart, TESCO, Metro Group, Amazon, Carrefour and so on (De Vos and
Cambré, 2017). I want to start and develop my career in respective industry for which I need
numbers of specific skills, experience and abilities so that I can perform effectively. Topics
included in this report are general trends that impact on retail industry as well as it will also
include required skills, experience and knowledge.
ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION
General trends which will impact on retail profession/ industry
Trends are changing on the continuous basis and it is necessary for a company as well as
individual to cope up with that trends as that will help them in developing effective and
successful future. I want to develop my career in retail industry after completing my graduation
and for that I need to understand new as well as up coming trends of retail industry. This is so
because that will help me in preparing my self according to requirement of sector as well as that
will also lead me to become successful at industry. Below some trends which I need to consider
while developing decision or plans related to my career are given:-
 Globalisation: In today's time every retail company want to expand their business at
global or international level. This is so because through that they able to gain numbers of
opportunities that lead to expansion of business in effective manner as well as it will also
help companies to increase their profitability as well as market shares (Gati and Levin,
2015). I want to develop my career in retail industry which is expanding globally and for
that they requirement numbers of skills and abilities in their employees. According to
which I need to increase my skills, abilities and knowledge so that I can develop my
career in respective industry successfully.
 Change in technology: Technology is changing day by day and it is essential for
company as well as individuals to cope up with the senior as that will help them in
understanding situation and developing decision accordingly (Hemmings, 2015). At the
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