Retail, Brand and Digital Management

Postgraduate type
Professional Master Programme
Academic year
2024/2025
Duration
1 year
Level
First level
Language
Italian and english
Area
Entrepreneurial and commercial activities
In summary
Opening of applications
Closing of applications
Hub
University of Parma, Department of Economics and management
Further information
ECTS credits
60
Department
Department of Economics and Management
Cost
€ 6.516,00
Access requirements

- degree obtained pursuant to D.M. 509/1999 or D.M. 270/2004;

- university degree of at least three years' duration obtained in accordance with the regulations preceding D.M. 509/1999;

-Equivalent qualification issued abroad, recognized as suitable according to the regulations in force by the Executive Committee for the sole purpose of registration for the course.

Auditors
2
Contact for educational information

Prof. Davide Pellegrini

davide.pellegrini@unipr.it

0521- 902011 - 0521-902027 retail@unipr.it

Site
Beginning of teaching activities
November 2024
Link to the call
Methods of implementation
The teaching activities of the Master will be delivered in presence
Educational content

The contents are structured with the aim of making known the market and the sector of Italian and European consumer goods and to deepen the activities and responsibilities of all business functions. The topics covered cover the entire value chain of food and non-food distribution and industrial enterprises. Seminars, store check, company testimonials are planned for about 40% of the classroom hours; cases and simulations, courses in the classroom or at companies to learn the use of management software used for industry analysis. Finally, there will be a study tour abroad to learn about the most advanced markets on the international scene and visit the most innovative stores in the sector. The journey allows to know the foreign markets and helps to understand the differences between what has been studied previously and the reference markets. The master boasts collaborations with international institutes such as the University of Stirling, the University of Edinburgh, the Stern School of Business in New York, the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago and the Nielsen in Chicago, New York and Shanghai will be the location of the study trip.

Admission procedure

Selection test for titles and exams: cognitive-motivational interview also electronically and written tests of verbal and numerical logic.

Minimum number of enrollments
15
Maximum number of enrollments
30
Professional profile

The Master aims to train a new generation of managers of Distribution and Industrial Enterprises of high professionalism and competence in the supply chain of consumer goods.  The topics covered cover the entire value chain of the company, therefore, ranging from sales management, space management, data management, supply-chain and, above all, multi-channel management. The contents are structured with the aim of making known the Italian and European supply chain of consumer goods and deepening the activities and responsibilities of all the business functions of the distribution and industrial enterprise. It emphasizes a particular focus on how multi-channel and e-commerce affect, today, the relationships of the supply chain.