From the shop floor to the regional office
Retail Management
The core discipline: how a store makes money, and who makes the decisions that get it there. Twenty-five qualifications covering store operations, merchandising, visual display, inventory, loss prevention and retail analytics — at certificate, diploma and advanced diploma level. This is the route most AORE students take, and the one that leads to the widest set of roles.
- Qualifications
- 25
- Levels
- Certificate · Diploma · Advanced Diploma
- Duration
- 3–11 months
- Fees from
- ₹35,400+ 18% GST
018 courses
Certificate
₹35,400+ GST
- Certificate · 3 monthsCertificate in Retail ManagementThe three-month grounding: how a store is run, who does what, and where the money actually comes from. Covers store operations, customer service, merchandise basics, stock handling and POS, and is the fastest route from no retail background to a floor role you can hold.₹35,400+ GST₹41,772 all-infrom ₹3,481/mo
- Certificate · 3 monthsCertificate in Visual MerchandisingDisplay is the store's silent salesperson. This certificate covers window schemes, mannequin styling, fixture planning, planograms and the seasonal calendar — the practical craft of making a floor sell without anyone speaking.₹35,400+ GST₹41,772 all-infrom ₹3,481/mo
- Certificate · 3 monthsCertificate in Retail AuditAudit is how a chain finds out what is really happening in its stores. Covers audit checklists, stock and cash verification, compliance scoring, shrinkage investigation and how to write a finding that a store manager can act on.₹35,400+ GST₹41,772 all-infrom ₹3,481/mo
- Certificate · 3 monthsCertificate in Retail Mystery ShopperMystery shopping is structured observation, not opinion. Covers evaluation frameworks, scoring without bias, evidence capture, service-standard benchmarking and reporting that survives a manager's pushback.₹35,400+ GST₹41,772 all-infrom ₹3,481/mo
- Certificate · 3 monthsCertificate in Retail Fitting Room ManagementThe fitting room is where apparel conversion is won or lost. Covers queue and capacity management, garment control and shrinkage, size and fit advice, add-on suggestion at the point of trial, and the hygiene and privacy standards a brand is judged on.₹35,400+ GST₹41,772 all-infrom ₹3,481/mo
- Certificate · 3 monthsCertificate in Retail MathsThe numbers every retail promotion depends on: margin and markup, GMROI, sell-through, stock turn, open-to-buy, conversion, ATV and UPT. Taught as arithmetic you can do standing on the floor, not as theory.₹35,400+ GST₹41,772 all-infrom ₹3,481/mo
- Certificate · 3 monthsCertificate in Loss Prevention ManagementShrinkage rarely comes from one dramatic theft; it comes from process. Covers shrinkage sources, internal and external loss, CCTV and EAS basics, cash-handling controls, investigation procedure and building a store culture where losses get reported.₹35,400+ GST₹41,772 all-infrom ₹3,481/mo
- Certificate · 3 monthsCertificate in Retail Personality DevelopmentFor candidates whose product knowledge is fine but whose interviews are not. Covers grooming and floor presence, spoken English and Hindi for customer conversation, objection handling, body language, and the interview practice that turns a shortlist into an offer.₹35,400+ GST₹41,772 all-infrom ₹3,481/mo
028 courses
Diploma
₹53,100+ GST
- Diploma · 6 months · fast track 3 monthsDiploma in Retail ManagementThe flagship. Six months across the eight subjects a store manager is actually measured on: retail strategy, merchandise planning and buying, store operations and inventory, customer service, layout and visual merchandising, retail HR and staffing, location planning, and analytics with omni-channel. Fast-track completes it in three.₹53,100+ GST₹62,658 all-infrom ₹5,222/mo
- Diploma · 6 months · fast track 3 monthsDiploma in Retail E-CommerceOnline retail runs on different mechanics from a store floor: catalogue and content, marketplace listing hygiene, pricing and buy-box logic, returns economics, last-mile coordination and the analytics that tell you which of those is bleeding money.₹53,100+ GST₹62,658 all-infrom ₹5,222/mo
- Diploma · 6 months · fast track 3 monthsDiploma in Retail Buying and MerchandisingBuying is a series of bets placed months before the customer arrives. Covers range planning, open-to-buy, vendor negotiation, costing and margin, assortment and depth decisions, markdown strategy and the in-season trading that rescues a bad bet.₹53,100+ GST₹62,658 all-infrom ₹5,222/mo
- Diploma · 6 months · fast track 3 monthsDiploma in Visual MerchandisingSix months on the discipline rather than the craft: store zoning and customer flow, planogram development, seasonal campaign planning across a chain, fixture and lighting specification, brand-guideline compliance, and measuring whether a display actually moved stock.₹53,100+ GST₹62,658 all-infrom ₹5,222/mo
- Diploma · 6 months · fast track 3 monthsDiploma in Retail Customer Service ManagementService as a system, not a slogan. Covers service standards and SOPs, complaint and escalation handling, loyalty programme mechanics, CRM and customer data, NPS and mystery-shop measurement, and coaching a floor team to hold a standard when the store is busy.₹53,100+ GST₹62,658 all-infrom ₹5,222/mo
- Diploma · 6 months · fast track 3 monthsDiploma in Retail FMCG ManagementFast-moving goods are a volume and velocity business. Covers general trade and modern trade structures, distributor and channel management, shelf space and planogram negotiation, secondary sales, trade promotions, and forecasting for products measured in days of cover rather than seasons.₹53,100+ GST₹62,658 all-infrom ₹5,222/mo
- Diploma · 6 months · fast track 3 monthsDiploma in QSR Retail ManagementQuick service is retail with a kitchen and a clock. Covers outlet operations and shift management, food safety and FSSAI compliance, speed-of-service metrics, wastage and yield control, aggregator and delivery operations, and running a crew through a lunch rush.₹53,100+ GST₹62,658 all-infrom ₹5,222/mo
- Diploma · 6 months · fast track 3 monthsDiploma in Omni ChannelOne customer, several doors in. Covers unified inventory and stock visibility, click-and-collect and ship-from-store, returns across channels, consistent pricing and promotion, single customer view, and the operational compromises that make omni-channel work in a real store rather than a slide.₹53,100+ GST₹62,658 all-infrom ₹5,222/mo
039 courses
Advanced Diploma
₹76,700+ GST
- Advanced Diploma · 11 months · fast track 4.5 monthsAdvanced Diploma in Retail Operation ManagementEleven months aimed squarely at multi-store responsibility: P&L ownership, EBITDA levers, store audits, manpower planning and rostering, SOP design, expansion and new-store openings, and the reporting rhythm an area or regional manager lives inside.₹76,700+ GST₹90,506 all-infrom ₹7,543/mo
- Advanced Diploma · 11 months · fast track 4.5 monthsAdvanced Diploma in Visual MerchandisingVM at chain scale. Covers national campaign development, VM guideline authoring and rollout, store-design and fixture briefing, budget and vendor management, training a regional VM team, and defending a creative decision with sell-through data.₹76,700+ GST₹90,506 all-infrom ₹7,543/mo
- Advanced Diploma · 11 months · fast track 4.5 monthsAdvanced Diploma in Buying & MerchandisingCategory ownership rather than order placement. Covers multi-season range architecture, category P&L, private-label development, sourcing and vendor strategy, terms negotiation, and the trading discipline that decides when to repeat, when to cut and when to mark down.₹76,700+ GST₹90,506 all-infrom ₹7,543/mo
- Advanced Diploma · 11 months · fast track 4.5 monthsAdvanced Diploma in Retail Supply ManagementThe supply side of a retail chain: vendor and supplier management, replenishment models, distribution centre to store flow, service-level agreements, cost-to-serve, and the trade-off between holding stock and losing a sale.₹76,700+ GST₹90,506 all-infrom ₹7,543/mo
- Advanced Diploma · 11 months · fast track 4.5 monthsAdvanced Diploma in Inventory ManagementStock is the largest number on most retail balance sheets. Covers inventory models and safety stock, ABC and cycle counting, ageing and provisioning, shrinkage control, multi-location allocation, and the systems work that keeps a stock figure trustworthy.₹76,700+ GST₹90,506 all-infrom ₹7,543/mo
- Advanced Diploma · 11 months · fast track 4.5 monthsAdvanced Diploma in Retail E-CommerceRunning an online business rather than an online listing. Covers channel P&L, marketplace and D2C strategy, performance marketing economics, conversion and funnel analytics, warehousing and fulfilment models, and the returns arithmetic that decides whether growth is profitable.₹76,700+ GST₹90,506 all-infrom ₹7,543/mo
- Advanced Diploma · 11 months · fast track 4.5 monthsAdvanced Diploma in Retail TrainingFor people who will teach the floor. Covers training-needs analysis, retail curriculum design, on-floor coaching and observation, assessment and certification, train-the-trainer, and measuring whether a training programme changed a sales number.₹76,700+ GST₹90,506 all-infrom ₹7,543/mo
- Advanced Diploma · 11 months · fast track 4.5 monthsAdvanced Diploma in Retail AnalyticsTurning till data into decisions. Covers sales and basket analysis, customer segmentation and RFM, forecasting, price and promotion effectiveness, dashboard design, and advanced Excel and BI tooling — with the emphasis on the recommendation, not the chart.₹76,700+ GST₹90,506 all-infrom ₹7,543/mo
- Advanced Diploma · 11 months · fast track 4.5 monthsAdvanced Diploma in Luxury ManagementLuxury retail is a relationship business with a long memory. Covers clienteling and CRM at high value, brand codes and service ritual, storytelling and provenance, high-net-worth client handling, boutique operations, and the discretion the category runs on.₹76,700+ GST₹90,506 all-infrom ₹7,543/mo
What an AORE certification is, and what it is not
AORE programmes are job-oriented professional and business-administration certifications. They are not degrees, and they are not affiliated with UGC, AICTE or DEC. They are industry-recognised certification programmes intended to build practical skills and strengthen a professional résumé. If you need a UGC-recognised degree, this is not that — and we would rather you knew before you applied.
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