is a 2 year business management degree good for managing retail stores

is a 2 year business management degree good for managing retail stores?
i am going to college for business management and would like to manage a Sephora or Bath and Body Works. is this degree useful for that or does it require additional retail experience? i don't want to find out that my degree is worthless because im really excited about it.
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You're going to need at least a 4-year degree to manage a store, a 2-year degree will be worthless.


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Do you work for either company now? If not, you may want to fill out an application ASAP and check to see if they have a management training program. Unless you have extensive management experience spanning 10+ years at another store and an MBA from Harvard, it is HIGHLY unlikely you can just walk into a Sephora or Bath & Body Works and become a manager without a company specific program...especially if you only have a 2-year degree. I worked retail for 6 years (Price Chopper and Stop & Shop, which are both grocery stores) and both of them had a management training program -- that was the only way to become a manager -- and unless you had a 4-year-degree, you pretty much had to work there first to be considered for the program. Pretty much the process went like this: 1. Start off working part time OR graduate from a 4 year program in business. 2. Apply to the management training program. 3. Be accepted into the management training program. 4. Successfully complete the management training program (could be up to 2 years). 5. Work as an assistant manager and wait for a management position to open (positions open all the time, but those without experience will likely not be offered the position right away). 6. Apply for management position and hope you're the best qualified applicant at that time. 7. Keep your position because managers tend to be bounced from store to store every few years My best friend waited 3 years to become a manager after completing the company program (she had a B.S. in business and worked for the company for 7 years). Another friend of mine is on year 5 waiting and he's hoping he's next in line for a management position (he doesn't have a degree, but has been working for Walgreens for 8 years and is on the last level of assistant manager before becoming manager).