Basics of Commerce

Teachers

Included in study programs

Teaching results

To provide students with a set of knowledge about the category management of its essence and principles, to understand its role in store management and the context of the development of its management with the development of the buyer's shopping behavior; comprehensively analyze categories and apply business activities to the practice of retailers.
Knowledge: to understand the issues of category management, its meaning, essence and principles, development, to understand the issues of application of business-marketing principles and the differences in their implementation.
Competences: ability to work with information - search for it, select it, independently analyze and synthesize with orientation the ability to independently apply the principles and functions of business within the category of management.
Skills: ability to verify and evaluate the use of theoretical approaches to category management in the activities of business entities; ability to apply, critically evaluate the situation in the management of the assortment of the store, to propose solutions to problems of tactical and strategic level

Indicative content

Commerce and trade development. The importance and position of commerce in the national economy. Commerce from the point of view of theory. Commerce categories. Wholesale and retail. Commerce enterprise, goods movement management, trade operation technology. Commerce organization. Commerce management. Store location. Concentration and cooperation of commerce. Specialization and diversification of Commerce. Internationalization and globalization of Commerce. Trade marketing. Development trends in Commerce.

Support literature

1. KITA, Pavol. a kol. Základy obchodu. 1. vydanie. Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2021. 301 s. ISBN 978-80-225-4919-6
2. CATELAN CALLEGARO Ana Rita, CATELAN CALLEGARO Fernanda, ARAUJO FALCÃO Clécio. The relationship between lifestyle and consumer experience management: a study of case in the retail sector. In Revista Brasileira de Marketing. REMark [online]. 2020, vol. 19, no. 2, s. 406-426. ISSN 1983-9332. Dostupné na: https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/relationship-between-lifestyle-consumer/docview/2610959777/se-2.
3. JADERNÁ, Eva – VOLFOVÁ, Hana. Moderní retail marketing. Praha: Grada. 240 s. 2021. ISBN 978-80-271-1384-2
4. KRIŽAN, František a kol. Kde nakupujeme, čo nakupujeme: lokality maloobchodu a spotreby a správanie spotrebiteľov. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. 2020. 264 s. ISBN 978-80-223-4861-4
5. PANTANO Eleonora. Retail futures : the good, the bad and the ugly of the digital transformation. UK: University of Bristol: Publisher Emerald Publishing. 2020. 240 s. ISBN: ‎ 978-1838676643

Syllabus

1. Introduction to trade issues. Development of commerce knowledge. 2. Commerce development. 3. Importance and position of trade in the national economy. 4. Commerce from the point of view of theory. The essence and importance of theories in trade. 5. Selected theories of trade. 6. Commerce categories. Wholesale and retail. Forms of sales and their development. 7. Commerce enterprise, management of movement of goods and stocks, technology of commerce operation. 8. Organization of a trade enterprise. Commerce management. 9. Store location. Retail network, principles of solution and arrangement of retail network. 10. Concentration and cooperation of commerce. Specialization and diversification of commerce. 11. Internationalization and globalization of commerce. 12. Trade marketing. Shopper marketing. 13. Development trends in commerce.

Requirements to complete the course

40% active participation, solving practical tasks, continuous verification of knowledge;
60% written exam

Student workload

Workload: 208 hours
Attendance at lectures: 26 hours
Attendance at seminars: 26 hours
Preparation for seminars: 26 hours
Elaboration of a semester project: 26 hours
Preparation for written verification of knowledge: 39 hours
Preparation for the exam: 65 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

- Slovak

Date of approval: 23.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 04.03.2024