Become a Retail Master

LEARN FROM THE BEST

Direct access to industry experts.

STAY FRESH

Discuss current retail trends and the latest leadership strategies.

BUILD A NETWORK

Multiple opportunities to stretch your thinking and network with retail leaders outside of your organisation.

HANDS ON LEARNING

Participate in hot debates and interactive exercises that challenge you to adapt your approaches and strategies.

10th - 13th March 2025

The Form Rooms,
Covent Garden, London

Member Early-Bird £3,395
Non-Member Early Bird £3,595

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RETAIL ORIENTATED

Leadership training specifically created for the retail industry.

EXPERIENCE

Retail Masters unites leaders with a high-level of leadership experience like Directors, Heads of Departments, Regional Managers, Vice Presidents, or Area Managers.

IN PERSON

No more online, impersonal courses that don’t encourage debate or provoke creativity. Leaders will be encouraged to engage and interact in a peer-to-peer setting.

ONE OF A KIND

Every year the course evolves to include the most current industry trends and strategies.

“Delegate” is the term given to the Retail Masters participants.
Let’s say your organisation is investing in you as their delegate to participate in the training on their behalf.
After completing the programme, you would return to your team with confidence, providing them with valuable information, strategies and expert opinions and knowledge on current trends in retail.

Retail Masters are experienced retail leaders that have several years in leadership positions but are always looking for new opportunities to grow as a leader.
Transforming Leaders are retail leaders that want to refine their skills and continue to bring industry specific value to their team.
Emerging Leaders are new to leadership roles in retail and want to develop a strong leadership skill set and knowledge of the retail industry.

Not sure where you fit? We can help you with that, and guide you towards the right programme.

In this one-of-a-kind programme, retail leaders like yourself will be encouraged to think outside-of-the-box when discussing topics that affect the future of retail.
You will have the opportunity to listen to speakers and engage in key industry topics like financial dexterity, the future of work, sustainability and AI/digital.
Retail Masters also puts an emphasis on hands-on activities. We will challenge you and your team to choose a retailer, and present an innovative strategic proposition to an expert panel.

With our BRC team insights and top industry experts you will be led in discussions that cover the internal, external and global influences affecting retail today and in the future.
Additionally, a special guest speaker will give insight into their personal journey in top leadership positions including the specific challenges they met along their road to success.
The 4-day programme will be stimulating, eye-opening and relatable as you build the skills and network needed to become a Retail Master.

To find the BRC Learning Programme that is best suited to you or your Company, we would like to set up a short discovery call to explore this with you and answer all of your questions.

When you decide to commit to the Masters Programme, a member of our team will give you all of the necessary information to register and prepare for the course, one of the team will guide you, and make this process quick and easy.

Or just register your interest below and one of the team will get in touch!

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The Summer School is split into two cohorts - Emerging Leaders and Transforming Leaders. The Emerging Leaders programme is aimed at those either new to a leadership role or identified as having high potential to step into a leadership role within the next 12-18 months. In addition, we have a number of delegates attend who are from support functions as the course helps to develop self-awareness and understanding of the wider retail industry. The Transforming Leaders programme is aimed at established, evolving retail leaders and support managers, those already in a leadership role with a proven track record of experience and influence. We believe that leadership is something that everyone can do and is not necessarily limited to those who have people management responsibility. It is also useful to accept that many may be in differing places on their leadership journey and will benefit from different development opportunities.

Our 2022 Summer School will be a blended approach, starting on the 8th June 2022 with a 3-day residential programme followed by weekly sessions (2-3 hours) which will involve a mix of live virtual plenaries, group work and specific content release via our learning platform. The School will culminate in a final 2 day residential from the 27th to 28th July 2022 where learners will regroup, reflect, and focus on the future.

The Summer School will provide an unrivalled deep dive into the four megatrends of People, Profit, Purpose and Planet through thought leadership, social learning, and self-led modular content. Supported by experts, retailers and organisations that will stretch delegates thinking by looking outside of what they ‘think’ they know, bringing insight and foresight back to the organisation. The blend of residential and virtual over the course of the 8 weeks provides attendees the opportunity to put into practice what they are learning and explore this within the safety of their groups during the programme. Our course will bring to life the lenses, developing truly conscious leaders within retail for now and the future. There is no other programme like the Leaders’ Summer School!

We are proud that our residential home for 2022 will be Ashridge House Estate in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. With the changes in the School being more future focused and inclusive it is important to us that our residential home reflects similar values.

Our earlybird offer has now closed. The standard price for BRC Members starts from £3,225 for the Emerging Leaders Programme and £3,350 for the Transforming Leaders Programme. This is variable dependent BRC Membership. Group and individual discounts may be applied by discretion with our Head of Leadership Programmes, please contact vicki.young@brc.org.uk to explore this further.

The cost includes all accommodation and food for the duration of the residential elements of the course (8th to 10th June 2022 and 27th to 28th July 2022). Any additional soft or alcoholic drinks required during the residential element are to be paid for by delegates, some will be provided with the evening meals. Please note that Ashridge is a cashless venue and any purchases outside of the core offering should be settled immediately with the venue.

There is plenty of parking available however we are conscious of our own carbon footprint and would encourage delegates to either car share or arrive by train to Berkhamsted station. A free shuttle bus will be available to take delegates to the venue on the day of arrival and departure, timetable is below.

Arrival to the first residential will be between 8am – 10am, giving delegates enough time to check in and familiarise themselves, the School will formally start at 10.30am. Departure will be from 3.00pm on the 10th June. For the second residential the arrival time will be the same on the 27th July but the departure time will be from 4.30pm on the 28th July.

The residential elements are integral to the social learning element of the programme and therefore attendance is required at both. We do however recognise that there may be circumstances that arise which will impact their ability to attend, contingency measures will be put in place in this scenario, and we will record live sessions for delegates to watch. We cannot recreate the atmosphere and additional experience that they would no doubt benefit from being in the face-to-face learning environment.The residential elements are integral to the social learning element of the programme and therefore attendance is required at both. We do however recognise that there may be circumstances that arise which will impact their ability to attend, contingency measures will be put in place in this scenario, and we will record live sessions for delegates to watch. We cannot recreate the atmosphere and additional experience that they would no doubt benefit from being in the face-to-face learning environment.

You will be awarded a digital badge to recognise your participation in the programme which you can display on your website, CV or social media account. The badge will be available to download upon completion of the programme.

As with any blended learning opportunity commitment and engagement from delegates are what makes the learning happen. All content should be completed within the 8 weeks of the programme. Delegates will be expected to access all live events (or watch recordings) and access on demand content as it is released. There will be a project, or simulator, which will take place alongside the programme for each cohort.

Each delegate will be assigned to a coaching group made up of 8-10 learners and facilitated by a Group Coach, these sessions are essential to benefit from the social learning element of the programme. The relationship of the group with start to form at the residential and this will build as the course progresses, sessions will be arranged around the live virtual elements of the programme providing the groups with the opportunity to reflect on what they have heard, discuss, debate, and explore within a safe environment. The Group Coach is there to support in facilitating, coaching and being an independent confidante to delegates to nurture their learning.

Across the duration of the school, we anticipate that each learner will need to assign 3-4 hours per week to either a live event, group coach sessions, module work and self-reflection which would be on a Wednesday afternoon.

There is no final assessment and no pass or fail. However, delegates will be expected to commit to a continuing personal development plan at the end of the School. This will include how they will apply learning back into their organisation and a review against their initial learning intentions. As part of the project or simulator delegates will receive final feedback on their submissions and position against other groups at the end of the programme.

Become a Retail Master

LEARN FROM THE BEST

STAY FRESH

BUILD A NETWORK

HANDS ON LEARNING

Programme Details

10th - 13th March 2025

The Form Rooms,
Covent Garden, London

Member Early-Bird £3,395
Non-Member Early Bird £3,595

Developing your leaders. Investing in the success of tomorrow.

Meet our 2025 contributors

Ben Fletcher
CFO | The Very Group

Emma Cusdin
Director | Global Butterflies

Helen Dickinson OBE
Chief Executive | BRC

Matt Coode
Partner | OC&C's Global Retail Practice

Dr Alex Connock
Senior Fellow | Saïd Business School

Andrew Opie
Director Food & Sustainability | BRC

James Baigent
Senior Client Lead | Google

A Retail Master looks for opportunities.

A thought-provoking course that will prepare you for the future of retail.

RETAIL ORIENTATED

EXPERIENCE

IN PERSON

ONE OF A KIND

BRC Learning working alongside and training delegates from companies you trust.

Questions About the Programme?

We've got the answers.

What’s a Delegate?

What are the differences between the BRC Learning Programmes?

What will I be expected to do in this course?

What can you expect from the industry experts?

How do I sign up? How do I sign someone up to be a company delegate?

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Become a Retail Master

LEARN FROM THE BEST

STAY FRESH

BUILD A NETWORK

HANDS ON LEARNING

Programme Details

10th - 13th March 2025

The Form Rooms, Covent Garden, London

Member Early-Bird £3,395Non-Member Early Bird £3,595

Developing your leaders. Investing in the success of tomorrow.

Barrie Gough

Alice Lowe

Natalie Anson

Meet our 2025 contributors

Ben Fletcher CFO | The Very Group

Emma CusdinDirector | Global Butterflies

Helen Dickinson OBEChief Executive | BRC

Matt CoodePartner | OC&C's Global Retail Practice

Dr Alex ConnockSenior Fellow | Saïd Business School

Andrew OpieDirector Food & Sustainability | BRC

James BaigentSenior Client Lead | Google

A Retail Master looks for opportunities.

A thought-provoking course that will prepare you for the future of retail.

RETAIL ORIENTATED

EXPERIENCE

IN PERSON

ONE OF A KIND

BRC Learning working alongside and training delegates from companies you trust.

Questions About the Programme?We've got the answers.

What’s a Delegate?

What are the differences between the BRC Learning Programmes?

What will I be expected to do in this course?

What can you expect from the industry experts?

How do I sign up? How do I sign someone up to be a company delegate?

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The Form Rooms,
Covent Garden, London

Member Early-Bird £3,395
Non-Member Early Bird £3,595

Ben Fletcher
CFO | The Very Group

Emma Cusdin
Director | Global Butterflies

Helen Dickinson OBE
Chief Executive | BRC

Matt Coode
Partner | OC&C's Global Retail Practice

Dr Alex Connock
Senior Fellow | Saïd Business School

Andrew Opie
Director Food & Sustainability | BRC

James Baigent
Senior Client Lead | Google

Questions About the Programme?

We've got the answers.