{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6355dc01dd5e0e0012da8d8a/639c9e5b157e180011bf211f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Fashion CEOs Explain Why This Downturn Is Different ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6355dc01dd5e0e0012da8d8a/show-cover.png?height=200","description":"<p>Much has changed about the world since the last recession — meaning, fashion’s reaction will shift this time around, explains BoF’s workplace and talent correspondent Sheena Butler Young.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Background:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Fashion is bracing itself for a 2023 filled with uncertainty. An impending recession hangs in the background of executives’ conversations about the year ahead. Leaders will have to strike a balance between safe-guarding their companies (which, may inevitably will include layoffs) while continuing to fuel growth and retaining crucial employees“There’s this mindshift shift that’s happened that people truly aren’t disposable … a lot of things that would have typically happened [during a recession] are now a last resort,” said BoF’s workplace and talent correspondent Sheena Butler-Young.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Insights:&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li>In the coming months, fashion executives will inevitably start pulling recession-reaction levers, including doing hiring pauses and layoffs, reorganising responsibilities across teams and reigning in focus on experimental spaces like the metaverse.&nbsp;</li><li>But, market conditions are different now compared to prior recessions, and the industry has changed drastically.&nbsp;</li><li>Because of the labour shortage, CEOs are first and foremost focused on keeping workers happy.&nbsp;</li><li>Teams that were once considered “nice-to-haves” and “first-to-gos” — including sustainability and diversity and inclusion — have become crucial to business function for fashion companies in the past few years.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Additional resources</strong>:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/workplace-talent/advice-from-fashion-ceos-on-leading-in-a-recession/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Advice From Fashion CEOs on Leading in a Recession</strong></a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/workplace-talent/quiet-quitting-labour-hoarding-and-other-workplace-trends-explained/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Quiet Quitting, Labour Hoarding and Other Workplace Trends, Explained</strong></a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-debrief/id1617844496\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Follow</em></a><em> The Debrief wherever you listen to podcasts. </em></p><p><br></p><p><em>﻿Join BoF Professional today with our exclusive podcast listener discount of 25% off an annual membership, follow the link</em><a href=\"https://www.businessoffashion.com/memberships/packages/?coupon=bof-debrief&amp;utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=ep-noted&amp;utm_campaign=debrief0605\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em> here</em></a><em> and enter the coupon code ‘debrief’ at checkout.&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Want more from The Business of Fashion? Subscribe to our daily newsletter </em><a href=\"https://www.businessoffashion.com/newsletters/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=ep-notes&amp;utm_campaign=debrief0605\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p>","author_name":"The Business of Fashion"}