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Retail Store Operations and Store Management
Rating: 4.2 out of 5(364 ratings)
2,695 students

Retail Store Operations and Store Management

Operating a successful retail store is all about creating the right environment for your customers. Ready to build it?
Last updated 7/2026
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What you'll learn

  • Explain the Various Elements of Retail Store Operations
  • Explain What is Store Design and Layout
  • Explain the Types of Floor Plans
  • Explain What are Planograms
  • Explain the Types of Visual Product Placement
  • Explain the Role of Signage in Retail Stores
  • Explain the Role of Coupons in Retail Marketing
  • Explain What is Guerrilla Marketing
  • Explain What is Impulse Buying
  • Describe the Responsibilities of a Store Manager
  • Explain the Purpose of Mannequins In Retail Stores
  • Explain What is Up Selling
  • Explain What is Inventory Management
  • Describe Factors Affecting Buying Decision of Customers
  • List Tips for Efficient Store Operations and Management

Course content

2 sections17 lectures1h 5m total length
  • Introduction4:55

    Explore retail store operations and store management, covering store design and layout, planograms, signage, coupons, visual product placement, impulse buying, upselling, inventory management, and how atmosphere shapes customer decisions.

  • Explain the Various Elements of Retail Store Operations6:08

    Explore the elements of retail store operations, including store atmosphere, cash handling, safety and security, customer service, refunds and returns, visual merchandising, training program, and inventory management.

  • Explain What is Store Design and Layout3:04

    Explore store design and layout principles, covering prime location, floor plans, merchandise display, lighting, ambiance, signage, fixture arrangement, trial room care, and strategies to enhance customer flow and reduce theft.

  • Explain the Types of Floor Plans1:40

    Explore how straight, diagonal, angular, geometric, and mixed floor plans optimize space, customer movement, and store style through varied fixtures and layouts.

  • Explain What are Planograms2:28

    Planograms guide retailers in arranging merchandise before arrival to maximize impact and attract customers. Place products in right place and time, using 3D diagrams to optimize space and boost sales.

  • Explain the Types of Visual Product Placement2:29

    Explore horizontal and vertical product placement, plus block, commercial, market share, and margin placements to boost shelf impact. Use plastic shelf clips instead of adhesive labels for easy price changes.

  • Explain the Role of Signage in Retail Stores4:32

    Explain how signage communicates store information, guides customers, draws them in with eye-catching signboards, and reinforces brand identity through readable design and handwritten signage.

  • Explain the Role of Coupons in Retail Marketing0:59

    Coupons drive retail promotion by offering discounts and rebates redeemed at specific retail outlets, attracting customers and boosting brand popularity among the masses without large investments.

  • Explain What is Guerrilla Marketing1:27

    Promote brands on a very low budget using guerrilla marketing, highlighting coupons as cost-effective tools to boost brand awareness, attract new customers, increase store traffic, and drive impulse purchases.

  • Explain What is Impulse Buying2:35

    Explore impulse buying as an unplanned purchase driven by emotions, shown when a 25 percent coupon and perfume displays tempt a buyer to add a jacket and gift.

  • Describe the Responsibilities of a Store Manager4:32

    Explore the store manager's role in overseeing day-to-day operations, recruiting and training staff, boosting profitability, and ensuring a safe, well-merchandised, customer-friendly store.

  • Explain the Purpose of Mannequins In Retail Stores2:52

    Mannequins play a key role in visual merchandising by displaying merchandise to highlight latest trends, attract customers, and upsell, with proper choice, styling, and rotation.

  • Explain What is Up Selling2:41

    Upselling convinces customers to buy extra or premium merchandise, boosting store revenue through guided recommendations. Mannequins display complete looks, helping shoppers visualize accessories that enhance outfits and purchases.

  • Explain What is Inventory Management14:04

    Maintain surplus to prevent stockouts, track stocked goods, and manage lead times to ensure products reach customers during crises, using SKU codes to identify stock.

  • Describe Factors Affecting Buying Decision of Customers5:24

    Analyze how store display, presentation, layout, and ambiance shape customers' buying decisions in retail settings. Examine how customer service, discounts, promotions, coupons, and parking affect shopper behavior to boost sales.

  • List Tips for Efficient Store Operations and Management5:54

    Explore tips for efficient retail store operations and management, including location, layout, merchandising, inventory control, customer service, branding, and staff training.

Requirements

  • No prior knowledge is required.

Description

Learn to drive buying and purchasing decisions with proven techniques that really work and your bottomline will never be the same again. Whether it’s the human psychology of store layouts or the impact of guerrilla marketing, you’ll be able to generate more impulse buys that ever before. You’ll even learn about the subtle science of product placement so that you can:

- Sell repeat customers ever more expensive products without them noticing

- Create a layout in which every customer is primed to buy and keen to do so

- Design displays and presentations that instantly catch the eye for the right reasons

- Perfect a scientific sales strategy that you can deliver at scale to your audience


Is retail operations an easy skill to master?

If you have the right resources at your fingertips, you will be able to take your business in a whole new direction. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to connect you with everything you need to know to:

- Target high-spending customers and show them what they should buy

- Drive repeat sales while also nudging customers to make impulse buys

- Leverage the power of bulk discounts and add-on products like a pro


Will this course work for me?

If you work in retail, business, or even acquisitions, you will benefit greatly from this course. It’s a chance to understand decades of consumer research and thousands of psychological studies so that you can see what really drives a customer to make a purchase.

The truth is that your career will never be the same again once you understand what really turns someone from a browser into a buyer. Isn’t it time you got up to speed?

Who this course is for:

  • Business people especially retailers
  • Business consultants
  • Employees of retail stores
  • Marketing Management Students