The IADS Academy Seminar is a unique opportunity for high-potential people to come together to work on topics which challenge the traditional department store business and act as a trigger for change. It develops young talents through business insight, exposure to different international markets, ways of working, communicating, and developing ideas into practical proposals.

This year, two groups composed of high-potential executives from Beijing Hualian Group, Breuninger, El Corte Inglés, Galeries Lafayette, Magasin du Nord, Manor, El Palacio de Hierro and Stockmann have been working hard on producing an original, fresh and useful perspective on the chosen topic: "Simplifying the department store model".

Module 3 of the IADS Acadademy Seminar program represents seven days of team-work experience, consultations with this year's mentor, Tove Westermarck, a store visit as well as a beta presentation to Galeries Lafayette management team.

Follow their intensive journey in France through our selection of pictures.

Click here for more pictures of the Academy seminar of 2019