What’s Next for Footwear

Finding a Successor at Off-White, Farfetch's Sian Keane on the New War For Talent

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2021 Small brands specialising in sparkly shoes with unique details have surged over the past year, and have big plans to keep the momentum going into 2022. Like Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Gianni Versace, Virgil Abloh leaves a powerful legacy, but finding a suitable successor at Off-White will be a challenge, writes Pierre Mallevays. Employees have more choices than ever about where and how to work. A talent crunch is headed for the industry in the year ahead, according to to The State of Fashion 2022 report by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey. Farfetch chief people officer Sian Keane says fashion companies will have to balance across recruitment and retention strategies as the industry faces a talent deficit in the year ahead.

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LUXURY How Today's Hottest Shoe Designers Plan to Stay on Top By Chavie Lieber

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LUXURY Virgil Abloh: Building on a Legacy By Pierre Mallevays

Like Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Gianni Versace before him, the late Virgil Abloh leaves a powerful legacy. What does this mean for Off-White and Louis Vuitton? READ MORE

WORKPLACE & TALENT Farfetch's Sian Keane on Adapting to the New War For Talent By Sheena Butler-Young

Farfetch's chief people officer says it will be hard for fashion companies to strike the right balance across recruitment and retention strategies as the industry faces a talent deficit in the year ahead. READ MORE

WORKPLACE & TALENT The Year Ahead: A Talent Crunch Is Heading Our Way By BoF Team and McKinsey & Company Competition for talent from both inside and outside the fashion industry will intensify in 2022. To attract and retain the right employees across their organisations, fashion companies must prepare their workplaces to ensure they are flexible, diverse and digitised. READ MORE

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