Bangladesh Garment Protests Continue
Workers staged fresh demonstrations in Dhaka Thursday, forcing factories to suspend operations despite government promises to raise wages before the end of the year.
Workplace & Talent / The Future of Work
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How to Get Hired in the Age of AI
As AI makes it easier than ever to produce polished résumés, recruiters are relying on new methods to assess attributes like judgment, adaptability and potential.
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Executive Memo | How to Redesign Your Organisation for AI
Artificial intelligence is changing how businesses operate as employees become more self-sufficient and routine work is increasingly automated. To build companies that thrive in this new paradigm, fashion executives must rethink leadership structures, talent pipelines and decision-making processes.
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The Debrief | Making Sense of Fashion’s Brutal Job Market
Fashion companies are tightening return-to-office mandates just as entry-level jobs become harder to land. The Debrief explains what that means for workers trying to build careers in a cooling industry.
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Fashion Is Done With Remote Work
Retailers, publishers and brands are tightening return-to-office mandates as fully remote roles fall out of favour — but execution, not attendance, will determine whether the shift pays off.
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It’s Time for Fashion to Get Real About AI’s Impact on Jobs
Fashion brands are racing to deploy AI in marketing, design and employee workflows. But inside companies, a lack of clarity is breeding layoff anxiety — and quiet AI use that feels risky, if not like cheating.
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Think Landing a Job Is Hard? Try Having ‘DEI’ on Your Resumé
Having DEI experience on a resumé can feel like a scarlet letter in an already difficult job market.
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Marco Bizzarri Gives Address With Advice for Fashion’s Next Generation
The former Gucci CEO emphasised the importance of finding the right people and talent while accepting an honorary degree from the University for the Creative Arts.
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The Best of BoF 2024: Finding Stability in a Hostile Workplace & Talent Environment
In a year defined by election-year upheaval, muted advocacy, the rapid dissolution of diversity programmes, and ongoing AI disruption, settling on hybrid work arrangements was one of the few areas where fashion firms found stability.
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Is It Time for Retailers to Rethink the Part-Time Work Model?
Fashion companies rely heavily on part-time associates to respond to a volatile industry where demand is often seasonal and margins are thin — but many drop the ball when it comes to making the job rewarding.
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White Paper | Incorporating Generative AI Into the Fashion Workplace
As artificial intelligence continues to shape the fashion industry and its output, BoF Careers explores what AI’s advanced capabilities mean for the fashion workplace — and how the workforce could adapt to gain competitive advantage.
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The Best of BoF 2023: Diversity’s Litmus Test
In 2020, like many companies, the $50 billion yoga apparel brand created a new department to improve internal diversity and inclusion, and to create a more equitable playing field for minorities. In interviews with BoF, 14 current and former employees said things only got worse.
Workplace & Talent
Why Retailers Still Can’t Solve Their Hiring Problem
From wage hikes to tuition assistance, fashion firms say they’re pulling out all the stops to revamp the store associate role — but their efforts aren’t taking hold.
The News in Brief
Rogaine Rides GLP-1 Wave With 30% Sales Surge
The decades-old hair-loss remedy is unexpectedly booming from more people taking GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
Ralph Lauren’s Quarterly Revenue Forecast Disappoints, Sending Shares Down
Expectations for the brand to sustain a rapid pace of growth set a high bar, leaving investors disappointed even as its raised its annual outlook.
Tapestry Lifts Outlook as Young Shoppers Snap Up Coach Bags
Shares rose in early trading after the company raised its revenue and profit forecasts, even as the broader luxury sector grapples with a slowdown.
Chanel Beauty Opens Alpine-Inspired Activation at Harrods
The luxury beauty label has taken over a corner of the department store's ground floor with a gifting suite.
Bangladesh Agrees New Garment Pay Scale From December Amid Protests
The government has yet determine the details of revised wage levels as it scrambles to manage days of protests that have disrupted the country’s garment industry.
China Wealth Crackdown Lifts Hong Kong Watch and Jewellery Sales
Rich shoppers are turning to gold and gemstones to preserve wealth, softening the blow for luxury giants like Hermès and Richemont as Beijing tightens its grip on overseas assets.
Australian Department Store David Jones Collapses After Almost 200 Years
The template of vast stores with dozens of fashion brands, beauty products and other accessories succumbed as the digital era drove shoppers to cheaper, nimbler online rivals.