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Farfetch’s Sian Keane on Adapting to the New War For Talent

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.
Sian Keane. Fashion employees working remotely.
Sian Keane. Fashion employees working remotely. (Farfetch | Getty Images.)

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The Year Ahead: A Talent Crunch Is Heading Our Way

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.

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Sheena Butler-Young
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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