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News and updates in the luxury retail industry
You are wondering what is happening in the luxury industry. This section will give you all the answers.
It will help you review some programs that might be of interest if you are working in this line of business.
You can also get a glimpse at the hiring market and understand employment market trends through various articles posted in this section.
As companies increasingly look to incentives to get their employees back to the office, Newsweek reports on the growing divide between company expectations and worker desire to remain fully remote….
For the fifth year in a row, Forbes has recognized ACCUR Recruiting Services with outstanding honors in their ranking of Top Executive Search firms and Professional Search firms for the…
We’ve written previously about how the outdoor industry has experienced extraordinary growth over the past few years. According to research by an outdoor industry trade group, more than half of…
Amazon was long rejected by luxury beauty brands who achieved their luster through rarified exclusivity in the retail environment. But the growth of digital retail changed many minds in the…
The March jobs report was one of the most newsworthy yet, with a total gain of 431,000 nonfarm employment, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Notably, the…
So many of our dearly held expectations in the recruiting industry have been upended during the COVID-19 pandemic: Remote work and flexible schedules were already a big trend but the…
We’ve all been watching the news of the unfolding war in Ukraine, and our hearts go out to all of those affected by the conflict. Over the past month as…
One of the biggest questions we get from our clients nowadays relates to the incredible acceleration of salary expectations against rising economic inflation. Workers are facing higher costs from their…
It’s been another blockbuster month on the jobs front with 678,000 jobs added in February, surprising economists with one of the largest gains since the beginning of the pandemic. One…
TikTok is seemingly everywhere. The Chinese social network, originally launched in 2016 by ByteDance, has taken the globe by storm, and is especially popular among the tween and teen consumers…
The alcohol beverage market is poised for growth: it is expected to increase by nearly 19 percent by the year 2024. And savvy folks in the wines & spirits industry…
The January 2022 Jobs Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stunned analysts with blockbuster numbers: a whopping 467,000 jobs added despite the Omicron wave tempering growth expectations. Even those…
The omnicron surge of the Coronavirus hit the New York City economy particularly hard. Consider some of the following stats from recent months: At the same time, many industries have…
As we look back on 2021 and look forward to what 2022 has in store for hiring and executive recruiting, we here at ACCUR are grateful for the growth and…
November has delivered moderate job gains of 210,000, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The most notable job gains occurred in professional and business…
Newsletters are increasingly a good way to stay abreast of major topics in the news that affect hiring. Here are some of our go-to sources of information, worth a subscribe…
The rise of social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok has also given rise to a new type of celebrity, the “social media influencer,” in other words an individual…
After a sluggish economic picture in September, in October, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 531,000, and the unemployment rate edged down by 0.2 percentage point to 4.6 percent, the…
ACCUR’s founder Edouard Thoumyre was recently quoted in the Financial Times Group’s CPG Specialist publication, which is a subscription only trade publication focused on the consumer packaged goods industry. In…
There’s no two ways about it: marketing executives with strong digital skills have never been in higher demand. The digital transformation of business has required strong digital skills for the…
Along with positions like Chief Revenue Officer, VP of Growth is a relatively new executive position that attempts to fuse the world of sales, marketing, and product development into a…
2020 was a year that upended the sports market. New premium at-home exercise equipment took off while numerous adventurous souls ventured out into the great outdoors. Demand changes pushed supply…
As the economy tightens and the competition remains fierce to retain the most talented workers, many companies are searching for innovative ways to retain talent. As with many thorny business…
A recent survey by Telstra Ventures looked at 371,000 jobs posted between April and June 30th of this year to find out what cities were most receptive to remote workers….
While Los Angeles has long been known as the epicenter of the entertainment industry, the hospitable climate and highly talented labor force has meant that LA is rapidly becoming a…
The American workforce is changing rapidly thanks to job mobility, a still-tight labor market, and technological advances. You could say that this change has been in the works for years…
In contrast to the anemic April jobs report and the blockbuster report in March, the May jobs report has strong but measured signs for the economy in general. Hospitality continues…
As we approach the one year anniversary of COVID-related shutdowns to the economy, we wanted to take a step back and examine all of the myriad ways businesses have had…
The latest jobs numbers were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, February 5, with much information to glean about the pandemic’s impact on key economic sectors. The…
We’ve written in the past about the massive range of online courses available to sharpen your skillset in sales, marketing, management and more. But with the pandemic changing the sort…
What an extraordinary year! Overnight, our client companies scrambled to reassemble their workforces, change distribution strategies and alter production schedules to deal with an unprecedented global pandemic. The year did…
The news that Goldman Sachs was looking for office space in South Florida made waves in the business world recently, but the New York stalwart is just one of many…
The voters have spoken and in January citizens in New Jersey will be able to obtain legal recreational marijuana. They will also be able to cultivate it, and some believe…
As remote work becomes more prominent in everyone’s lives, we’re bringing you new tips and articles on making your remote workforce more successful and efficient from the hiring process to…
The latest jobs numbers were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on October 20, tracking major changes to the job market in September 2020, including some promising signs on…
We know well how resistant luxury retail has been to harnessing all of the potential of digital and social media. And it’s not surprising either: the industry’s strength has long…
With the global COVID-19 pandemic threatening the luxury retail business, prominent brands have nonetheless wasted no time in remobilizing their operations to provide support, contributions and innovation. Prominent examples include:…
As many parts of the country begin the process of reopening to customers with new safeguards in place, we are watching a rapid transformation of the retail space that requires…
Covid-19 coronavirus disease is a global health threat that is evolving fast, and quickly shaping new demands in the business community. Here are some of the developments we’re tracking: Coronavirus…
We get this question quite frequently from companies planning to start hiring (or expand their hiring) in the United States: where is the best market to look for candidates, New…
Reducing waste and making operations more efficient and less taxing to the environment is on the radar of most businesses in 2019. But certain sectors of the food and beverage…
It’s high times for high end weed: Find out why the industry needs to be looking out for the next generation of executive talent. In our business of executive recruiting,…
“Subscription model” businesses are not new exactly. After all, people have been subscribing to newspapers and magazines for decades. Digital media and the decreasing price of storage have changed the…
When was the last time you stepped inside an Apple store? If it was any time recently, you surely were quickly greeted by a store associate and subtly guided to…
Though retail is in a constant state of change (and we’re losing big retailers like Sears), there are plenty of companies innovating in this space. This is part 3 of…
Sears was long known as an American icon. Completely transformative in its day, by making low-cost items available to people from all walks of life via the U.S. Postal Service,…
Sales managers play a critical role any type of company who has a retail distribution chain: from jewelry to cosmetics, liquor to watches. We are often called on to fill…
We recently looked at the unique characteristics of the American beverage trade, including the “three tier system” for alcohol. With alcohol regulation rooted in the nineteenth century and a vast…
Altagama’s members agreed that one of the biggest limitation to their growth in the region is the lack of executives with luxury skills. Therefore we launched recently a special project: Latin America Luxury Retail Management Program a…
In December 2009, most of the 12 industries identified by indeed.com were down compared to last year in terms of hiring needs. Ahead and with a positive trend we can…