Retail Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Retail Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Retail role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Retail job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 57% of Retail job descriptions contained retail as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

retail
57%
store manager
25%
customer service
25%
sales
25%
manager
19%
retail director
19%
retail manager
19%
sales assistant
19%
trade counter
13%
retail sales
13%
luxury
13%
customer service advisor
13%
shop
13%
stock checking
7%
stock replenishment
7%
stock control
7%
consultants
7%
beauty
7%
area manager
7%
fashion
7%
cork
7%
head of retail
7%
deputy manager
7%
homewares
7%
regional manager
7%
travel retail
7%
pets
7%
outbound calls
7%
retail assistant
7%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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