Operating Environment of Retail Trade

Familiarise yourself flexibly online with the operating environment of commerce: this 5-credit study unit explores the role of commerce in Finland, competitive strategies, responsibility, and the future of the sector without an examination.

1.9.2026 - 31.12.2026

5 cr

Registration open

Online

• Trade in Finland
• Competitive means of trade
• Trade as a workplace
• Responsible trade
• The future of trade

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Fields

Business, administration and law

Scope

5 cr

Code

LX00GL21

On completion of the course, the student
• forms an overall understanding of the field of trade and its importance in Finland
• can describe the customer target groups of different retail trade sectors and what they spend money on
• is able to explain the role and functions of retailers in the distribution chain
• is able to describe the means by which entrepreneurial retailing competes
• can define the role of the entrepreneur in the retail chain and in the chain enterprise.

Organiser

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

Contact details

avoinamk@metropolia.fi

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