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Retail Management

Store operations, merchandising strategy, inventory management, and retail customer experience.

About this event

Retail Management tests how retail businesses are run day to day and strategically. Expect questions on merchandising and category management, inventory management and shrinkage control, store layout and visual merchandising, retail pricing strategy, omnichannel and e-commerce integration, and staffing and customer experience in a retail setting.

Test day

What to expect

60 minutes, 100 questions

You have 60 minutes to answer 100 multiple-choice questions. Each question has four options (A, B, C, D) with exactly one correct answer. There is no penalty for wrong answers -- always fill in your best guess.

Computer-graded, instant results

Tests are machine-scored. Questions are drawn from the official FBLA topic outline for this event, distributed proportionally across all topic areas. Expect a mix of recall (definitions, formulas), application (scenario-based), and analysis questions.

Top scorers advance

The highest-scoring competitors at each regional advance to the state competition. State winners compete at the National Leadership Conference (NLC). Study the official FBLA topic outline -- it lists the exact subject areas and their approximate weight on the test.

What's on the test

Merchandising & category managementInventory management & shrinkageStore layout & visual merchandisingRetail pricing strategyOmnichannel & e-commerceRetail staffing & customer experienceLoss prevention

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