Certificate in Retail Operations (CROps)
The Online Certificate in Retail Operations (CROps) strives to fill the competency gap in retail operations, equipping participants with the education and skills to overcome the challenges inherent in starting or advancing their careers in the retail industry. This 14-week program is divided into seven topic areas (2 weeks in length), each representing the 7 Behaviors of Retail Excellence (Startup, Retail Accounting, Marketing and Advertising, Merchandising and Inventory Management, HR Management, LP and Security, and Business Planning). Classes can be taken individually or as a course of study. The Certificate in Retail Operations (CROps) is a course offered by Retail Alliance Foundation’s Center for Retail Excellence.
“The CROps program was by far one of the best entrepreneurial programs I’ve participated in! It was very hands-on on and everyone I learned from was genuine and thorough. The fact that I finished this program with an entire business plan in such a short amount of time that worked with my schedule as a busy ‘mompreneur’ really speaks volumes. I highly recommend this for all retail professionals!”
Soliél Lindsey, Former Student
Owner/Speaker
Sol Rise Essentials®
As part of our CROps training, we provide consumer strategy business consulting in the fields of marketing, sales, operation, and product design, using analytic models to understand and predict consumer, business, and retail market trends and actions. We also provide business management consulting with relation to strategy, marketing, production, personnel and retail sale matters and a variety of business research services in the fields of retail education, merchandising, retail accounting, advertising, retail business planning, loss prevention and security, and human resource management for retail businesses.