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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.
Key Executive Traits Needed to Launch an International Beauty Brand in the US
The cosmetic industry is driven by multi-national conglomerates like L’Oréal, Proctor & Gamble, Unilever, Shishedo and Estée Lauder and therefore, when recruiting executives, we are often asked to identify candidates…
Launching a New Cosmetics Brand: The Executive Skills To Look For
Cosmetics is one of the most competitive industries that exist. You have a number of multinational conglomerate like L’Oréal, Proctor & Gamble, Unilever, Shishedo and Estée Lauder alongside startups such…
June Jobs Report 2023
The June Jobs Report, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed job gains of 209,000. This report reveals a slightly tempered arc of job growth, perhaps a sign that…
Recruiting for E-Commerce Operations & Third Party Logistics
Globalization, the pandemic, and the rapid adoption of online shopping have radically transformed the demand and job description for e-commerce executives who specialize in logistics, operations and fulfillment. Today, we’re…
Job Interview Questions for E-Commerce
Here at ACCUR Recruiting Services we are frequently asked to seek out executive candidates for the E-Commerce industry, in roles ranging from Head of E-Commerce to Director of Digital and…
Ask a Recruiter: What Types of Office Policies Are Best for Recruitment and Retention
Dear ACCUR, I own a medium-sized company and we went of course went remote during COVID with most of our staff. This year, I began to implement some return to…
Ask a Recruiter: Do You Work for Employers or Job Seekers?
P.S. has this question: Is executive recruiting putting clients in front of employers or is it a method for clients to use a program to find employers? Who does an executive recruiter…
May 2023 Jobs Report
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 339,000 in May, and the unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to 3.7 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Job…
ACCUR in the News: NPR’s Marketplace
ACCUR Recruiting Services’ Edouard Thoumyre spoke to the national financial radio program Marketplace yesterday: The past couple of years have been pretty busy for Edouard Thoumyre. He’s managing partner at…
Ask a Recruiter: What Luxury Brands are Looking for in Candidates
A job seeker asks: In looking for jobs within high-end brands, what is valued more by the hiring managers: experience, ambition, relationships, organizational fit, or affordability (salary expectations)? Thanks for…
Ask a Recruiter: Who Do I Hire as CEO for a Family Business in Furniture?
Ask a Recruiter: Finding a New CEO for a Family Business Dear ACCUR Recruiting Services, I recently took over a family business in furniture. We do business in both the…
The Hospitality Industry in Miami: How to Find and Hire the Best Employees
As the economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospitality industry in Miami is booming. Miami serves as headquarters for major hotel chains like Kimpton and Marriot, and…
Answering Your Burning Questions About a Transformed Recruiting Landscape
Over the past year we’ve looked at a number of topics related to different industries and hiring scenarios, in an attempt to help our clients and readers navigate a post-pandemic…
The Skills Executives Need to Succeed in Today’s Most Innovative Beauty Companies
Some of the top beauty companies today are setting new standards for what constitutes success in the beauty and cosmetics industries. Brands like Glossier, Huda Beauty, Fenty Beauty and the…
How to Build an Compelling Executive Equity Package
Due to our work with private equity and venture capital backed startup operations, we are often asked to advise about creating an attractive compensation package for an executive, which often…
February 2023 Jobs Report
Key Takeaways from the February 2023 Jobs Report The economy added 311,000 jobs in February, concentrated in Leisure & Hospitality. Job growth continues to be robust, frequently surprising economists on…
Pre-Owned Luxury: Why This Hot Market Needs Top Talent Now
What is the pre-owed luxury goods market? The luxury resale market has a long history, with specialty retail and vintage shops long selling expensive designer handbags, coats, fine watches and…
January Jobs Report
Hiring surged unexpected in January, traditionally a slower month for job growth, with an addition of over half a million jobs. This rate exceeded the monthly average gain of 400,000…
New York City Executive Recruiting Year in Review 2022
ACCUR Recruiting Services has several decades in the NYC Executive Recruiting market, working with both established companies and emerging brands in a number of industries. 2022 stood out as a…
Bay Area/Northern California Executive Recruiting Year in Review 2022
ACCUR Recruiting Services works in San Francisco, the Bay Area and the Wine Region of California to deliver qualified executive talent in the following industries: Wines and spirits Luxury Goods…
Jobs Report December 2022
December produced another strong month of job growth in regards to the Bureau of Labor Statistics which reported that employment increased by 223,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rateedged…
2023 Executive Recruiting Trends to Watch in Beauty, Wine, Watches, Jewelry and More
We recently did a deep-dive on data on our recruiting work for 2022. Today, we wanted to share with you the implications of certain trends we are seeing in industries…
Los Angeles Executive Recruiting Year in Review 2022
Known for sun, sandy beaches and movie stars, Los Angeles is also a hotbed of innovation in several of the key industries we service. ACCUR’s role in Los Angeles is…
Wine & Spirit Executive Recruiting Year in Review 2022
The beverage market can be tricky to recruit for. Wines & Spirits is a highly regulated industry and it’s a relationship-based business with a number of long-term traditions. At the…
The Year in ACCUR Executive Search 2022
2022 has been another busy year for ACCUR Recruiting Services. As the economy rebounds from COVID, we are seeing a continued tight market for executive recruiting, especially in roles Director-level…
November Jobs Report
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment increased by 263,000 in November, still on a steady upward trajectory. This is a strong signal of economic resilience and growth, even…
How Private Equity Uses Key Executive Hires to Transform the Beauty Industry
Beauty and skincare has long been dominated by a handful of companies like L’Oréal, Estée Lauder, Gillette, Nivea and Guerlain. But as a younger cohort of consumers flock online, venture…
Social Shopping from TikTok to Instagram: The Skills Executives Need to Succeed in an Emerging Field
Those who work in retail industries know just how much e-commerce has transformed their business models over the past twenty years. But as usage of social media explodes, many companies…
The Unique Recruiting Challenges of Digitally Native Vertical Brands
ACCUR Recruiting Services has long experience recruiting executives in consumer facing companies, including beauty, fashion, wines and spirits, watches, jewelry and consumer packaged goods. We recruit CEOs, COOs, CFOs, Directors…
October Jobs Report
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment increased by 261,000 in October. Monthly job growth has averaged 407,000 thus far in 2022, compared with 562,000 per month in 2021,…
Tips on Handling the Impact of Inflation on Salary Expectations
As inflation continues to surge, one of the biggest questions we get at ACCUR Recruiting Services is in regards to how to set salaries in a realistic range that reflects…
September Jobs Report
The September jobs report offered a mixed message to economic forecasters eager to see the impact of the Fed’s rate cuts on inflation and a potential recessionary threat. This report…
Chief Sustainability Officer: What it is and How to Hire One
A relatively new addition to the C-Suite, the role of “Chief Sustainability Officer” is getting a lot of buzz. Today we break it down: what it is and how to…
Becoming a Board Member: Tips for Executives
Board recruitment is increasingly a hot topic within the industries we serve here at ACCUR Recruiting Services. Why? In the past, board members were normally recruited from within, but corporate…
Chief Revenue Officer Vs. Sales Director: Which Do You Need?
A question that comes up frequently for us when working with high growth companies, especially in retail, is how to structure hires focused on sales and revenue, including the following…
Recruiting Board Members: How to Set Yourself Up for Success
While we most often do recruiting work for executive positions for companies in consumer packaged goods, luxury, cosmetics, hospitality, and other industries, from time to time we are asked to…
August Jobs Report
In August, employers added 315,000 jobs, which represented a cooling of hiring against fears of an economic slow-down. At the same time, the economic and jobs recovery seems to be…
Hiring For Fast-Growth, Private-Equity Backed Companies: What We Look For
Recently, we’ve been fielding more frequent hiring requests from private equity backed companies in industries like beauty, jewelry, sporting goods and other key consumer industries. We thought it would be…
Employer Branding 101: How to Use it to Attract & Retain Top Talent
Despite fears of a looming recession, the job market remains tight. And while we find that compensation and flexible work policies are the biggest factor in attracting talented candidates, a…
July 2022 Jobs Report
The economy added half a million jobs in July, signaling another strong month of economic growth and recovery. This happened against a backdrop of surging inflation and rate hikes that…
The Great Renegotiation: Leveraging Talent Pools in a Tight Market
The labor market during the coronavirus pandemic recovery has coming roaring back, making an already-tight labor market even more tricky to navigate. This has led to a situation that many…
How the Pandemic Changed Wholesale Distribution
The pandemic sparked changes to the wholesale business that are continuing to be felt as the nation deals with record inflation, changing consumer patterns and supply chain disruption. Today we…
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO): What is it and do you need it?
The particular challenges of this labor market, where hiring is strong and it’s difficult to find qualified candidates but there are also challenges around inflation and new demands for work-from-home…
June Jobs Report
June continued the trend of strong hiring with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that total nonfarm payroll employment has risen by 372,000 in June. The unemployment rate remained…
Post-Pandemic Job Shifts in Luxury Retail
We recently looked at the way the pandemic has transformed the economy in numerous ways, including: Changing where and how people work Changing the type of skills needed as the…
Post-Pandemic Job Shift: How Are Patterns of Employment Changing?
The economic recovery over the past year has been remarkable: most sectors have recovered their pre-pandemic levels of employment and the unemployment rate is almost as low as it was…
ACCUR in the News Roundup
As employers adapt to a post-pandemic hiring landscape, ACCUR Recruiting Services has been called on to comment on the world of recruiting in a tight labor market. Here are our…
May Jobs Report
Amid record high inflation and recessionary fears, the American economy added 390,000 jobs in May. This outperformed the forecasts of economists, and took place against a low employment rate of…
From the Decade of the Customer to the Decade of the Employee
Have you heard the news? Thanks to changes to the economy wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are rapidly shifting gears from the “decade of the customer” to the “decade…