Retail Merchandising

Do you have an interest in current trends in fashion and industry?  Do you have good customer-service skills?  Can you assertively communicate and interact with many people on different levels?  Are you enthusiastic, ambitious and self-confident?  Are you able to make quick calculated decisions and perform well under pressure?  Do you have analytical skills and do you like working with statistics? Do you like solving problems, analyzing data, predicting trends, and establishing priorities? 

A Retail Merchandising major prepares you for a career in supervising employees in a large or small retail store; working as a buyer or purchasing manager to obtain the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible purchase cost; working as a sales rep for pharmaceutical firms, manufacturers and wholesalers; or becoming a visual merchandiser to ensure store windows and displays will draw customers.

Retail Merchandising graduates typically work as store managers, business analysts, buyers, visual merchandisers, self-employed business owners, and wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives.

Types of Employers
*Department and Discount Stores
*Manufacturers and Wholesalers
*Electronics Stores
*Internet Retail Companies
*Home Improvement Stores
*Import / Export Companies
*Self-employed Business Owner

Retail Merchandising Resource List/Professional Associations
Click on the above Retail Merchandising Resource List to get a list of resources specifically for this major including helpful job posting sites, professional associations, links to articles for the field and a listing of books on the field available in the St. Paul Campus Career Center.

Alumni Careers and Alumni Profiles
Click on the above Alumni Careers and Alumni Profiles to get a list job titles/employers for retail merchandising students.  From this page you will also be able to read profiles of several alumni with this major.