The document discusses the Wharton Retail Club at the University of Pennsylvania. It provides definitions of retail as selling finished products to consumers and describes some of the club's activities. The Wharton Retail Club facilitates career development for students interested in retail through networking events, trips, case competitions and speaker series featuring top retail executives. It is the only Ivy League program that offers a degree focused on retail.

1. www.whartonretailclub.com

2. RETAIL

3. But what is retail exactly?

4. Some may think of retail as . . . Merchandising Stores Fashion Design Shopping

5. The textbook definition is: A sector of the economy that is comprised of individuals and companies engaged in the selling of finished products to end-user consumers.

6. Retail does overlap with the fashion industry, with designers, and with consumer shopping; however, it’s more about . . . The business of fashion The analysis of design trends The strategies for selling to shoppers AND SO MUCH MORE!!

7. Did you know. . . The University of Pennsylvania is the only ivy league school to offer a degree in retail.

8. A little bit about Wharton Retail Club. . .

9. WRC facilitates the personal and career development of students interested in retail by building a network of exceptional undergraduates, faculty, and professionals.

10. Wharton Retail is . . .

11. What does Wharton Retail do?

12. Career Trek to Polo Ralph Lauren Headquarters in NYC

13. Career Trek to Saks Fifth Avenue headquarters in NYC

14. YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund Case Competition

15. Jay H. Baker Center networking events with top retail executives

16. Wharton International Program’s (WIP) retail trip to Milan and London

17. Marketing, Advertising, Retailing, and Consulting Conference (MARC) with MUSE

18. Penn Fashion Week with Penn’s Fashion Club, Design2Show

19. Vera Wang delivering her keynote speech at Penn Fashion Week

20. Opening Night of Penn Fashion Week 2011

21. Retail Internship Panel with former L’Oreal, Polo, and Bloomingdale’s interns

22. Philadelphia Swap O Rama philanthropy event with Urban Outfitters.

23. Speaker series with the CEO of Macy’s, Terry Lundgren

24. General Body Meetings featuring networking sessions with our corporate sponsors

25. “The Best of All Worlds: Retail, Design, Social Entrepreneurship, and Technology” event with Warby Parker’s founder, Neil Blumenthal

26. President and COO of Polo Ralph Lauren, Roger Farah, addresses students during the Baker Center Speaker Series