Williams worked in retail as a collegian at Greensboro College in North Carolina. While working as a sales associate, he never considered that retailing is more complex, challenging, and exciting than what sales associates encounter. One thing he knew was that he did not want to be a sales associate his entire life. Projected growth of retail employment is 300 percent greater than that of manufacturing. By 2005, more than fifteen percent of all new jobs created will be in retailing.
Retailing is in the middle of significant growth.
That growth spells opportunity. Starting salaries can double within two years. Chief executive officers are as young as forty. New graduates may control millions of dollars and right out of college manage many people. Few fields allow the speed of advancement and rewards that retailing does.