Retail Institute is now an SSG-appointed Continuing Education & Training (CET) Centre!

Enjoy course fee subsidies of up to 90% when you sign up for courses under Retail Institute. T&Cs apply.

The Progressive Wage Model (PWM) is now extended to the Retail Sector.

From 1 Sep 2022, full-time lower-wage retail staff can expect a rise in their salaries annually over the next three years under PWM.

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Where would you like to start?

Looking to start your own business in the Retail industry? These specially curated courses will provide you with the essential skills to start your own business.

Retail Operations

Stay competitive in an evolving retailing landscape and deliver retail operations excellence in day-to-day operations. Learn key essential skills such as inventory control, visual merchandising display and sales closure.

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Omnichannel and Marketing

Create a seamless omnichannel journey and turbo-charge your marketing and social media presence from our diverse range of courses including setting up a virtual showroom, livestreaming, e-commerce campaign management, social media marketing and management.

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Customer Experience

Be the brand that customers love and remember. Provide a comfortable and user-friendly buying experience and build customer loyalty and relationship through stellar customer service and sales so that customers know that they are valued and understood

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Technology and Data Analytics

Leverage on in-demand and emerging digital technology and data analytics skills to power up your retail business. Be able to support market research activities and identify business trends, challenges and opportunities for success in the retail market.

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Looking for a career transition?

SkillsFuture Career Transition Programme (SCTP) is a train-and-place programme to support mid-career individuals in acquiring industry-relevant skills to improve employability and pivot to new sectors or job roles. SCTP trainees will attend training courses in addition to LHUB’s career advisory services and employment facilitation.

Courses offered under SkillsFuture Career Transition Programme (SCTP) for Retail sector:

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Progressive Wage Model (PWM)

PWM aims to build a future-ready workforce, transforming retailers into employers of choice and retail jobs into fulfilling long-term career options for local job seekers. So as to ensure lower-wage workers’ wages close the gap with the median through higher wage growth than median wage growth.

Find out more about the Progressive Wage Model (PWM), a wage structure which helps to increase wages of workers through upgrading skills and improving productivity.

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Enterprise Transformation Projects

Embark on projects in strengthening enterprise capabilities through implementation-led training, solutioning services and workplace-centric projects for business and operational transformation.

Corporate Projects

Productivity Solutions Grant for Job Redesign (PSG-JR)

Redesign job roles, work processes, tasks and responsibilities with the PSG-JR grant as part of business and workforce transformation.
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Mentorship Support Grant for Enterprise Transformation

Mentorship Support Grant is for eligible retail services enterprises to implement project-based, implementation-led training. Project scopes should ideally be aligned to the Retail Industry Transformation Map, focusing on 4 key strategies: Innovation, Productivity, Jobs & Skills, Internationalisation.

Career Conversion Programmes (CCPs)

To address manpower related challenges in the Retail industry (i.e manpower shortages and skills gaps), Career Conversion Programmes (CCPs) help mid-career switches undergo skills conversion training to move into new occupations in the retail sector that have good prospects and opportunities for career progression.

Workplace Learning – in partnership with NACE

The Workplace Learning programme is for enterprises looking to establish best-in-class workplace learning practices that will help employees learn faster, more effectively and minimise skills leakage. Foster a strong learning culture and build competencies to support and accelerate business sustainability and growth.

Interested to find out more or couldn’t find a corporate project that matches your business model? Contact our corp sales team to enquire more!

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