What you measure is what you get. In a highly unpredictable post-Covid fashion market, business leaders need the right metrics to track the strength of their brands and make informed decisions quickly, mobilise teams and craft a narrative for investors.

Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion talent.

H&M’s upmarket sister brand was once a proof point for the Swedish group’s ambitions to diversify away from its core fast-fashion business. But COS executives have struggled to keep pace with a shifting market while managing a troubled internal culture.

Brand leaders who claim that craft is the lifeblood of luxury should see worker welfare as a moral duty that aligns with their strategic business interests. But protecting the valuable skills of Indian artisans is not the same as valuing the artisans themselves.

In recent weeks, three different groups of designers and retailers have proposed shifts to the industry’s product delivery and discounting calendars in a bid to create healthier, more profitable businesses. Can they pull it off?

Department stores are cancelling orders and delaying payments, pushing designers to breaking point and calling into question a system that has been challenged for years.

From Chloé to Nina Ricci, femininity was a multi-part act, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

If the first day of Milan Fashion Week is anything to go by, fashion’s focus may be returning to well-designed products for real life, not costumes for pretty pictures.