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Complete the Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) program in 12 or 16 months.
The Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) is an intensive full-time, 16 months (*12 month accelerated option available for people with significant retail experience), pre-experience program with a strong emphasis on experiential learning. It also features a 3 month internship program
The 3 key pillars in the MMR program are Creativity, Analytics and Leadership.
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Real World Consulting Projects
Students undertake a semester long consulting role by working in teams with real companies to solve a real-life, data-driven retail issue.
Retail Innovation Challenge (RIC)
The Retail Innovation Challenge is an entrepreneurial competition that tackles the pressing issues impacting retail, sustainability, the circular economy and the grand challenges facing our societies.
This 2.5 weeks virtual challenge culminates at McGill for finals weekend. It includes a Montreal city experience, coaching and mentoring to further develop the teams’ pitches, semi-finals and final presentations and an awards ceremony and dinner.
Internship Program
A 3-4 month retail internship is also a required component. These positions can be related to marketing, strategy, operations, data science, supply chain, and more. A dedicated career services officer will help student to discover internship opportunities and prepare them for interviews. To ensure a real and effective training internship, the MMR program staff pays particular attention to the student internship orientation process in an effort to maximize the experience for each student.
Study Trip
The annual study trip (1-week long) provides a window into how today’s retail sector operates in a booming metropolis. Leveraging McGill’s extensive alumni network, students meet with leaders in major retail organizations that operate across areas such as food, fashion/beauty, financial services/fintech, intelligent mobility and hospitality.
Retail Innovation Lab
Through interaction with the Bensadoun School of Retail Management's state-of-the-art Retail Innovation Lab, students will have the opportunity to learn firsthand about managing all levels of a retail operation using the latest technologies. The practical experience will link directly to the study of consumer behaviour, experiential marketing, omni channel retailing, pricing analytics, efficacy of different payment systems, and global value chain management.
Annual Retail Summit
The aim of this conference is to provide a forum for both professionals and academics, from the leading firms and universities of the world, to foster discussions about the latest research, industry practices and approaches, as well as trends and challenges related to retail.
To facilitate the cross-pollination of ideas, the event is highly interdisciplinary and will feature speakers/participants with a wide range of expertise (e.g., supply chain management, marketing, technology, computer science, sustainability). While the conference aims to highlight topics centered on operations, branding and pricing, new technologies, big data, AI/machine learning, and social responsibility.
Retail Gen AI Hackathon
A McGill multi-faculty event where student teams learn how AI and data science can help a retailer make better data-driven decisions within their operations to retail.
Data Sphere Lab
Will enable students to experiment and build data-driven solutions to help organizations make better decisions, initially in the retail sector.