Retail Cover Letter Sample

The point of a cover letter is to introduce yourself, get your resume read, and get invited in for an interview.

Without overly bragging, you want the reader to see you as a successful, outgoing addition to their retail team. Personalize it with YOUR career highlights and positive characteristics.

• You can download this Retail Sales Cover Letter Template in Word and customize it to fit your needs and professional status.

Since it’s a business letter, it has a standard format of heading, name and address of recipient, salutation, introductions, middle, ending, and signature, but there’s still room for individuality, i.e. telling us about your own experiences and successes.

Once you’re invited in for an interview, you’ll be expected to expand on what you’ve written – the company wants to hear how you’ll help them increase their revenues, attract customers, and keep them coming back.

Retail Sales Cover Letter Sample

Jerry Peterson
Street Address, City, State, Zip | Cell Phone | Email Address

Today’s date

Mr. Walter Murphy, Hiring Manager
ABC Company name
Address, City, State, zip

Re: Retail Sales, Department Supervisor Position, Advertised in ABC Ltd. Website

Dear Mr. Walter Murphy,
I am writing in response to your website ad for a department supervisor.

My interpersonal skills with staff and customers and quick grasp of “the big picture” will be an asset to your store, especially during the current holiday shopping season.

As my resume states, I have more than seven years of experience of working for a busy retail store.
I achieved high sales figures through a combination of arranging irresistible displays, training other staff to enthusiastically describe products, and staying on top of inventory, with a special emphasis on ordering quickly selling merchandise before running out.
I supervised the other salespeople and introduced programs to motivate them to offer sterling customer service and improve sales, and participated in other promotional activities for increasing sales.

I really want us to arrange for an interview in the near future – meeting you in person will satisfy you that I can be a valued component of your company’s success.

Sincerely,
Jerry Peterson