I hope OP comes back to update. 
Has anyone ever worked at a LV Store before? Looking for advice on landing a job and hearing about your experience. (I hope this is allowed here)
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I hope OP comes back to update.
No real news to report, unfortunately. I sent him my resume then waited to follow-up on Thursday. He responded apologizing for not setting up a meeting yet. Citing he was busier than usual because of Mother’s Day preparations for the store and a fine jewelry event, but that he would send me an invitation.
How long should I wait before following up again? I’m going camping on Saturday for a week. Should I let him know? If only to explain that I likely won’t have good service if he were to contact me while I was gone.
You acted quickly with your resume and a follow up. It isn’t necessary to reach out until you return from camping. You may hear back this week, but it likely means nothing if you do not. Since he asked for your resume, he is interested. It is a busy time, and his focus may be elsewhere.
No, the store managers ask corporate to open requisitions and source candidates if they are looking to fill roles and don't have anyone in their hiring pipeline. They are absolutely free to recruit, interview, and hire for roles without assistance from corporate.
If you demonstrate passion or an extreme interest in a brand, this absolutely happens. I worked retail management in another life and trying to recruit customers happened quite frequently. Managers would prefer to hire people who can speak to the products, so why not ask a customer if they'd be interested?
LV stores also have back of house operations staff who manage inventory, accept and reconcile shipping, etc. A quick 2-second search on their job board shows a number of these roles available
And they have regional call centers, in north Texas they have mini headquarter, warehouse and a manufacturing plant with variety of positions, engineers, artisan (people who sew the bags), variety HR positions, ....
Yes, but unlikely that a store manager would be looking to recruit for those positions, particularly someone who just came in to buy a bag.
I guess it makes sense that they would want to hire someone who is enthusiastic about the brand, I just thought it a bit strange that they would ask a customer who hasn’t shown any particular interest in working there. Interesting to know that they do have a back of house team in store who handle inventory, deliveries etc. I imagined that in smaller stores like the one I normally visit, the SAs deal with that too. I would love to hear how OP got on!