Education and Training

apt Retail - Performance programs and training products for associates, managers, trainers, and executives.
aptretail.com/

Creative Insights Inc. - Presentations, workshops, study tours and consulting services with a focus on retail and consumer trends, selling skills, on-brand customer service and the shopping experience.
www.dionco.com/tedtopping/

CyberScholar.com - Product education resources for retail technical sales professionals.
www.cyberscholar.com/

Employee Performance Strategies, Inc. - Performance based training services and strategies. CBT, WBT, CD-ROM, curriculum development, stand up facilitation services available.
www.eps-i.com/

First Friday - Retail business change, skill and systems training in the UK. Includes case studies and contacts.
www.firstfriday.biz/

The Friedman Group - Sales and service training, seminars, materials and consulting firm. Includes services, products, and company information.
www.thefriedmangroup.com/

The Graff Retail Group - Retail training, and management professionals. Includes services, speakers, and contacts.
www.graffretail.com/

The Henson Group - Retail and soft skills training and consulting, specializing in sales, customer service and visual presentation.
www.thehensongroup.com

InsightU - Turn key e-learning solutions for retailers. Includes clients and contacts.
www.insightu.com

Integrity Training Solutions - Australian company offering packaged and custom training and consulting services.
www.integritytrainingsolutions.com/

Jay Baker Retailing Initiative - Retail theory and practice. Participants include researchers, educators, students, and industry leaders. Features contacts and research.
bakerretail.wharton.upenn.edu/

Leonard Zell - Professional sales training for jewelry retailers world-wide.
www.zellit.com

LJT Management Services - Provider of retailer, wholesaler, and marketing representative training to major oil companies, convenience store chains and independent operators.
www.ljtusa.com/

Merchandise Concepts - Providing retail stores nationwide with assessments, training and consulting to make them more customer service oriented.
www.merchandiseconcepts.com

Objective Management Group, Inc. - Tools for evaluating sales organizations, attracting and screening sales candidates, and measuring the growth of salespeople.
www.objectivemanagement.com/

Platt Retail Institute - Initiates and secures the funding of studies by Research Fellows on specific retail business issues.
www.plattretailinstitute.org

Profits+Plus Seminars - Retail training seminars from speaker Tom Shay. Includes original articles, open-to-buy calculator, and newsletter.
www.profitsplus.org/

Retail PEAK - Retail service and management training from the Retail Merchants' Association of British Columbia.
retailpeak.com/

Service Skills - The Industry Skills Council for the Australian service industries, which include wholesale, retail and personal services, tourism and hospitality, and sport and recreation.
www.serviceskills.com.au/

STS Vocational Training - Specialised Training Services provide workbased and distance education training for Business, I.T., Retail and General Education, in South East Queensland.
www.sts-training.com

Total Marketing Resource - Retail optical training program.
www.tmr.co.uk/onedaycourses.html

The Training Media Company - Online retail training video.
www.videomedia.net/catalogretailtraining.html

WhizBang! Training - Training tips, tools, and techniques for retail sales. Includes newsletter and contacts.
www.whizbangtraining.com/