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Retail News & Features
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The National Placement & Internship Awards
Find out who picked up the prizes at the inaugural RateMyPlacement Awards...
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Why I chose to work for Enterprise Rent-A-Car...
Read all about Sherif from the University of Westminster's experiences with Enterprise Rent-A-Car
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Working with RateMyPlacement
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The Gateway Guide to Retail
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Job - Internship Programmes at Barclays
Placement Opportunities in Retail
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The Most Recently Rated Placement
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| Management Trainee | Enterprise Rent-A-Car | Read it! |
A Recent Review Quote
“I have been given so much responsibility- it has gone beyond all expectations”
A placement student from Debenhams. Read the rest of this review …
A Background to Retail
Working in retail…
As with most industries, there are wide range of opportunities for students and graduates within the retail industry. These range from working on a shop-floor through to buying, distribution, logistics, operations etc.
As a placement student or intern working in a retail environment, you are likely to either work within a store management role or in a head office function. Gaining front-line experience on the shop-floor whilst on a placement or internship can give you an excellent head start if you wish to move into head-office management roles.
Working in a retail environment, whilst not everyone’s cup of PG Tips or Yorkshire Tea, can provide you with a quick route to management positions if you return as a graduate and the consequent high salaries that come with it! Be prepared to work very hard whilst on your placement or internship and you must accept that fact, particularly if you are working in a retail outlet itself, that this is no 9-5 job.
Check out The Gateway's Guide to a career in retail below for more information...
Placement Opportunities in Retail
| Just a few of our Featured Placements & Internships | Company |
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| Management Trainee Placement |
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| 12-week Summer Placements in Supply Chain or Resea… |
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Recent Reviews for Retail Placements
These reviews are for roles covered by this type of industry, but that doesn't mean they are always at organisations you might immediately associate with retail.
Top 5 Rated Reviews
These reviews are for roles covered by this type of industry, but that doesn't mean they are always at organisations you might immediately associate with retail.
The Kit Kat Challenge Grand Final – we have a winner!
Our Industry Insiders: Latest From the Blog | Published February 2010
As you may remember, we brought you the Kit Kat Challenge ‘regional heats’ at careers fairs on campuses nationwide over the 1st Semester... The Challenge was to build the highest tower possible out of 20 Kit Kat Chunky’s in 60 seconds… Don’t understand what we mean? Watch the video to view the introduction:
The winners of the regional heats all met for the Kit Kat Challenge Final up at Nestle HQ in York this week and... We have a winner!
The Kit Kat Challenge Final took building Kit Kat towers to the next level, so instead of 20 Kit Kat Chunky’s in 60 seconds, we used 200 Kit Kat Chuky’s and those competing had 5 minutes to build the highest tower possible.
The winner, a student from the University of Manchester managed a massive 110cm!! Here’s a photo of the monster!
Retail in The Forum
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