UK Fashion Retail Academy

Philip Green, on behalf of Arcadia, and Secretary of State for Education Ruth Kelly  announced the location of the Fashion Retail Academy, its outline curriculum, and the procedures by which potential students can submit their applications to enrol.

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Entrepreneurs show the way

Retail is an industry that is often overlooked by those considering their career choices, with perceptions of shelf stackers and cashiers blinding many to the real potential of working in the sector.

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Arcadia careers that set the trend

The Arcadia Group is one of the UK’s largest fashion retail companies with over 25,000 employees, 2,000 outlets throughout the UK and a growing number of international stores. The group includes eight celebrated high street brands – Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Miss Selfridge, Outfit, Topshop, Topman and Wallis.

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Retail Management...up close and personal

With Christmas over and the January sales in every High Street, most people have done more shopping, seen more shops and heard more retail success (and failure) stories in the press than at any other time of the year. So now is a good time to think about the sort of management careers that retailing can offer.

A Career In Retail Management

Shop 'till you drop.Love it or hate it, nearly all of us do it – shopping, that is. But what sort of retail experience could you have if you choose to be a manager rather than a customer?

A Career In Retail Can Be Everything You Want

Does the thought of working in an environment that is vibrant, exciting and fast moving appeal to you? Do you like every day to be different, your environment to be ever changing and do you enjoy new challenges and working with people? Then retail could be the career for you!

A career in retail? Why Bother!

If we were to ask retail assistants why they chose retail as a career, these are some of the answers we would be likely to receive.

Why study Retail at degree level ?

Retail is one of the fastest growing and developing sectors of the British economy. It is a very varied activity and embraces a wide range of organisations, including shops, department stores, supermarkets and warehouses, as well as selling on the internet and by mail-order.

A career in the fashion retail industry

Retail is one of the fastest growing industries in the world today and Arcadia, with its 8 brands; Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Miss Selfridge, Outfit, Topshop, Topman and Wallis is the UK’s second largest High Street fashion retailer.