Pros
Great opportunity to hone your craft and sales skills, and to begin forming long term client relationships and business partnerships.
Cons
Long hours, extremely boring during slow periods. Some department store associates who had been with the brand a long time were very complacent and didn't want to maximize their revenue potential when I was in-store because they knew they would have to "anniversary" that day's numbers on the same day next year, without knowing whether or not they would have the same support that day next year. Most of the "retail managers", hybrids of account coordinators and account executives have their own agenda and will think nothing of making you or their fellow managers look bad. I felt like I always had to look over my shoulder.