Retail Solutions

Retail trade employers struggle to attract and retain the best and brightest employees because of the misperception that jobs are low-wage and lack growth potential. In reality, today’s retail trade careers are more than just cashier and sales associate positions; they encompass information technology, marketing, communications, loss prevention, finance, and merchandise sourcing.

Though the retail industry has started work on initial training models and skills certifications, they are not yet used consistently across the industry to build skills competency requirements for positions at all levels and to encourage career growth. Retailers are struggling to attract qualified individuals, train them, and have them advance their careers.

Your organization faces a number of issues today:

• Recruitment and Retention
• Sales and Service Challenges
• New Product Initiatives
• Front-Line Management Development
• Consistent Employee Communication across Multiple Locations

TrainingFolks’ Experience

TrainingFolks can help organizations in the Retail sector by either assisting them, with building tools for selecting the right candidates or by working with them to retain the highest talent. Our ability to put into place a management development offering, that will engage and develop the people managers within this unique environment, to over come the unique barriers that this industry faces.