On October 28th, Natsuki Otsuka, a 2nd year shop staff course student in the Department of Fashion and Business, won the grand prize at the sales role-playing contest "PAL FOUNDATION CUP"! ! We were awarded the honor of being the best student in the country for sales and customer service skills.

``PAL FOUNDATION CUP'' is an event organized by the ``PAL Inoue Foundation,'' which was established by the Inoue family, the founders of PAL Group, which operates products such as mystic, kastane, and 3coins, to universities, junior colleges, and vocational schools nationwide that specialize in fashion business. This is a contest for students to compete in customer service skills.
The 10 people who made it through the West Japan and East Japan qualifying rounds held in September will participate in the final round. On this day, the national competition was held in Osaka.

Among the 10 students selected from all over the country to participate, two students from OSAKA INSTITUTE OF FASHION participated: Natsuki Otsuka, a second-year student in the Shop Staff Course in the Department of Fashion and Business, and Masana Jimbo.
During the 6-minute time slot, we understood the customer's needs and wants and made coordination proposals while communicating with them.

As a result of the judging by people who are active at the forefront of the fashion industry, including Senken Shimbun Osaka Branch Manager Mr. Fujiura and WWD JAPAN Business Desk Mr. Hayashi, Mr. Otsuka won the Grand Prix Platinum Award, and Mr. Jimbo won the Bronze Award.

Comments from Mr. Otsuka who won the Grand Prix;

``On the day, I was able to enjoy the atmosphere and only think about entertaining the customers in front of me.
I am very happy that the parts that I put a lot of effort into practicing, such as my movements and product explanations, were evaluated well!
Since July, I have been working hard to practice for this contest, going to school even when classes are not in session. There were times when I found it difficult to keep facing my weak points, but I was able to overcome this by supporting each other with Mr. Jimbo, who was competing with me.
I also realized that there are people around me, such as teachers, family, and friends, who are always willing to cooperate and support me. ”