Develop the theoretical and practical managerial skills you need for a successful career in the headquarters, stores and supply chains of the retail industry.

This course is for graduates with a degree in any subject. We’ve combined our leading research with our industry partners’ experience to design content relevant to contemporary retailing. You’ll develop the knowledge and skills leaders need to succeed in the rapidly changing retailing industry.

You’ll learn about things like:

• e-commerce
• supply chain and distributor relationship management
• making sense of big and small data
• sustainability
• operations management
• strategy
• leadership
• consumer psychology
• customer experience

This degree balances the latest theory with practical application. You’ll apply what you learn to real-life case studies and explore them from the perspectives of firms, consumers and society.

You’ll have the flexibility to choose one of three options for the summer term:

• an independent research project
• an industry internship
• launch your own retail start-up

Internships are not guaranteed. Places are competitive and we advertise opportunities to students.

You will need an International English Language Test System (IELTS) score of at least 6.5 overall. Your scores for reading, writing, listening and speaking must be at least 6.0.

Prepare for your future

Many of our politics graduates have gone on to careers in both the private and public sectors, working in the banking and finance industries, media, public administration, and European and international political institutions.

Examples of where our recent graduates have gone on to work include:

• Accenture
• Bank of England
• Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales
• Deloitte
• Houses of Parliament
• IBM
• KPMG
• Ministry of Justice
• Network Rail
• Rothschild Group
• PwC
• Scottish Parliament
• UK Government
• Walt Disney Company