• Course Pitch
This is a course designed out of a retail masterclass offered by Dr. David Hughes. The core theme of this course is to understand and assess the competitiveness of different retail (premium, Mid-range and discount) models. Through very practical business examples this course address the following topics:

1. The market developments in Global food retail and what they could mean for your business
2. Implications of the growing market share of discount retailers
3. Sustainability elements in food retailing
4. The convergence of food retail and foodservice
5. How the online retail channel is emerging and what more is expected going forward

Picking up learning and application insights from the course and the assessment will improve your understanding of retail and the consumer dynamics.

• Content & Assessment Guidelines
Please review the course outline below to set your expectations related to the content & certificate assessment needs for the course. You can complete the assessment and download Agribusiness Academy completion certificate. You can expect to complete this course and certification assessment in about 3-5 hours. We wish you a lot of success with the course/pathway and very sure that it will help you gain more clarity and execution confidence towards your outcome.

• Course & the Pathway Connection
This course can be pursued independently or as part of “Food Distribution and Retail” learning & reflection pathway. The pathway is designed to help you navigate through the retail and consumer side innovations and the value propositions designed around these innovations. The role of technology and the sustainability demands consumer are asking of their retailers is changing the retail competitive landscape and business models. If you choose to enroll in the pathway, you'll have the option to receive an extra certificate upon completing the reflection exercise for the pathway. Enrolling to the pathway also gives you access to our facilitators via the AA Slack channel. You can review and enroll to the full pathway by following this link: https://lms.agribusiness.academy/catalog/index/cat:185

• Contact
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