LVMH’s Institut des Métiers d’Excellence Debuts New Retail Training Program

PARIS — Surrounded by high-school students, Tammy Foucan talked about his experience as a member of the sales team of Parisian department store Le Bon Marché. “They asked me about the steps I took to get where I am and if the job required specific qualifications,” said the 20-year-old, speaking at the fifth edition of the Village IME, a vocational fair sponsored by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton’s Institut des Métiers d’Excellence, or institute for métiers of excellence, held on Feb. 4. “For this particular apprenticeship, none is actually needed.” Foucan is currently a student of the Excellence Retail training program at Parisian business school CPRO Stephenson, one of the latest to join the roster of 21 schools who have partnered with the IME. “I initially trained as a pastry chef, but have always been interested in retail because I love human contact,” said the student, whose culinary background earned him points at Le Bon Marché, where he is currently employed as an apprentice in the home section of the department store. “What is great with this apprenticeship is that you spend most of your time working and actually putting in practice what you’ve learnt: The more clients I get to deal with, the

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