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Specialties and career in retail

Six directions — and ways forward

The retail education contains several specialties so you can choose a direction that suits your interests. Behind the shared understanding of sales and service lies very different daily lives.

§Sales assistant

The sales assistant is the store's generalist: serves customers, sells, advises and helps with operations. It is a broad education that provides a solid foundation in the entire trade.

§Digital trade

Here you work with webshops, online marketing, online customer service and logistics around delivery and returns. This is the direction for you who wants retail on the screen and combines sales with digital understanding.

§Convenience

Convenience is about those shops where speed and availability are central. Here you have to be able to do many things at once and keep the pace while service is top-notch.

§Floral decorator and decorator

Two creative specialties: florist binds bouquets and makes decorations while visual merchandiser creates visual experience in shop with displays and windows that make products sell

  • 01Sales assistant: broad retail generalist.
  • 02Digital trade: webshop online sales and logistics.
  • 03Convenience: fast service at high pace.
  • 04Floral decorator: bouquets and decorations.
  • 05Decorator / visual merchandiser: displays and shop experience.

§The way forward

Med erfaring kan du blive teamleder, butikschef, indkøber eller arbejde med markedsføring. Mange bruger faget som springbræt til videreuddannelse inden for handel og ledelse.