Umist offers an MSc in international fashion retailing for students becoming global retail managers with skills in e-business, technology and business strategy.
Credit bureaus look for a mix of credit facilities; they like to see a balance of credit cards, retail cards, student loans, mortgages, car loans and home equity loans.
This location is part of the transformation of State Street to a retail and student-housing mecca, and further solidifies the revitalization of Randolph Street's theatre district.
Results from the study -- which was based on a survey of 100 university students, retail workers and public-sector employees -- are scheduled to be presented at a meeting of the British Psychological Society in Chester, England, on Thursday.
Students want retail and housing choices adjacent to campus.
"It made sense, from the university's point of view, to create a healthy retail district for its students, faculty and alumni," Mr. DeStefano said.
Shopping -- long viewed by students of retail as entertainment in its own right or as consumer self-expression -- has lately emerged as the primary reason for many Americans to take to the road.
Students of retailing agree that adopting variations on a members-only policy can be a canny promotional maneuver.
Thomas Varghese, CEO of Aditya Birla Retail is a former student of Harvard's AMP.
Mark Ortiz is a retail worker, an undergraduate student and an activist living in the Bay Area.
