Retail Real Estate Education
Retail Recruitment courses for city leaders looking to maximize retail opportunities.
Award-winning education
Education is action
We help communities learn to attract retail, teaching how data provides options, and how real estate drives decisions.
In our classroom or at your office, you’ll receive a tailored course complete with custom data and reports, training on how to “speak retail”, and targeted retailers that match the real estate in your community.
Here at Retail Strategies, we put on our event called Retail Academy. It's really our educational course for communities that need help in getting retail to their community, but they also wanna do it themselves. So they just need a step by step guide and equip them with the right tools to move forward. They're getting to learn some of the best practices that some of these other communities have been involved in and also how they can put all of this information into We want to help Retail Strategies build these communities that they're working with the same way Retail Strategies helped me build the community that I was living in. So I'm really glad that I came hearing the retailers say, this is what I need. This is your role as a community leader. Small towns that they gotta do what they can to keep their town growing. It's great information that I didn't know. So when I can go into a place and learn something that I had no clue about before I got there, it's exciting for me. And I learned so many tips today. We're having breakout sessions. We're working with these communities one on one to talk through what their data looks like in their community. What is a customized trade area? What retailers are not in their market that should be in their markets? Sitting down and really getting that local knowledge and pairing it with our retail and real estate knowledge to help build your customized recruitment plan. We just discussed an in-depth analysis really of the community and the retailers that would fit, and it definitely has paid off so far. So it's really a full day of just working with each of these communities, how we can help them go from A to Z and getting a new business in their market.
Retail Academy Events
Take the first step
Retail Academy events are an educational course that assists communities in bringing retail to their area. Participants gain insights into best practices, learn to implement strategies, and receive guidance and tools for successful retail development.
Empowering
communities to ask for what they deserve.
Educating
communities on what similar towns have received.
Equipping
communities to approach retail partners in a smart way.
Energizing
communities to meet their true potential.
Our Clients
What people say
- “Retail Academy is an outstanding and comprehensive program that I would highly recommend. Retail Strategies provided us with a Retail Recruitment Plan identifying retailers that match our market. Their team also spent time giving us the tools and skills needed to execute the plan and support existing businesses in our area. We left the workshop with a better understanding of our market and greater relationships with the dedicated partners and leaders from the county.”
Mallory Darby
- Vice President of Economic Development
- Mississippi County, Arkansas
- An investment in retail retention and recruitment can increase jobs, local tax revenue and quality of place. We want Tennessee communities to think long term about investing their ARPA dollars in a creative way versus merely spending them. This is the first-time localities have received a direct allocation of cash, and we are confident these communities will use the funding that will have a lasting impact.
Brooxie Carlton
- Assistant Commissioner of Community and Rural Development
- TNECD
- My Retail Academy book stays on my desk. The research and market analysis were eye-opening. Of the eight prospects on our list, we have landed two of them so far. We had all the information ready when we connected with the retailer – that’s what made this so invaluable.”
Bob Largent
- President & CEO, Harrison, Arkansas Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Harrison, Arkansas
- “The practical information that was provided by Retail Academy made it one of the more worthwhile conferences that I have attended. The data that was provided and the guidance for approaching retailers has helped us to streamline our pitch with accurate and pertinent points. The Retail Strategies staff was very willing to provide customized information and answers to our specific questions concerning our community.”
Holle Smith
- President, Ozark-Dale County Economic Development Corporation
- Ozark-Dale County, AL
Academy Services
The retail real estate industry is built on networking. Attend Retail Academy in one of our offices or we can visit yours. We also offer regional events through USDA funding.
Education isn’t limited to the time spent in person. Investing in Retail Academy gives your city’s leadership access to 16+ hours of online training modules.
Data and analytics are the first step in understanding your community and what retail is the right fit. Through Retail Academy you’ll be armed with the data retailers need to see.
Eight hours of in-person training filled with retail trends, custom data, real estate training and more.
Getting beyond the data, with Retail Academy you’ll receive a full real estate analysis of retail sites in your community.
Get In Touch
Contact Us
Reach out to learn more about Retail Academy or join our next event!
O: (205) 313-3676
E: info@retailstrategies.com