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How Fashion Can Close Its Skills Gap

Companies that have struggled to recruit employees with the right knowledge and experience are investing in training programmes that teach everything from how to stitch a shoe to how to climb the corporate ladder.

Advancements in technology coupled with consumer and shareholder expectations for fashion firms to be more diverse and sustainable have created a need for whole new sets of skills in fashion. (Getty)

Sheena Butler-Young

03 March 2023

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Last month, 16 students completed a five-week footwear and accessories design “masterclass,” at Pensole Lewis College in Detroit, Mich. The benefits included free tuition, room and board, face-time with executives from several major luxury fashion brands and, quite possibly, a job.

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How Brands Can Create Retail Jobs People Actually Want

SMCP Group, the french parent of accessible luxury labels Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot & De Fursac, is launching an academy to make the store associate role more modern and exciting.

How Fashion Can Build Its Own Tech Talent Pipeline

Waves of Silicon Valley layoffs may create an opportunity for companies in other industries to staff up. Retailers like Nordstrom are looking to the next generation by sponsoring college courses.

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Sheena Butler-Young

Sheena Butler-Young is Senior Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers workplace, talent and issues surrounding diversity and inclusion.

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