{"id":8824,"date":"2023-03-13T09:26:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T09:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/announcing-retail-reborn-season-2\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T09:26:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T09:26:05","slug":"announcing-retail-reborn-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/announcing-retail-reborn-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing: Retail Reborn Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/online-workshops-list\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png\" alt=\"Retail Online Training\" width=\"729\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png 729w, https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><\/p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>This article originally appeared on Business of Fashion.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/welcome-to-retail-reborn-season-2\/id1531328827?i=1000554748004&amp;theme=auto\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;\">Follow the series to ensure you never miss an episode<\/i><i style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>BoF\u2019s podcast series Retail Reborn returns for a second season, presented by\u00a0Brookfield Properties, to investigate the consumer of tomorrow, and how their changing lifestyles and expectations will drive evolution in the retail industry.<\/p>\n<p>Podcast host and founder of the Retail Prophet Doug Stephens returns this season, and is joined by 14 global authorities, including industry thought-leaders, fashion and retail executives, and academic experts, sharing their insight and analysis on the next-generation consumer. Guests will discuss generational expectations as shaped by the pandemic, climate crises and economic downturns, as well as examining where, how and what next-gen consumers will buy.<\/p>\n<p>Guests range from futurists such as \u201cGodmother of the Metaverse\u201d Cathy Hackl to luxury and sporting goods analyst and author Erwan Rambourg; academics including adjunct professor in global digital economy Winston Ma and social psychologist and\u00a0season one\u00a0returning guest Sheldon Solomon; as well as fashion and retail leaders, from Chlo\u00e9\u2019s chief sustainability officer Aude Vergne to Depop\u2019s global head of sustainability Justine Porterie and SVP of retail at Warby Parker Sandy Gilsenan.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Episode 1:\u00a0<\/span>We address the redrawing of city life as we examine the new lifestyle patterns that have propelled a seismic shift in urban centres not seen since the industrial revolution, before illuminating the growing importance of the metaverse in retail and the shifting nature of a physical store\u2019s purpose.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Episode 2:<\/span>\u00a0We explore the global forces redefining financial circumstances of future consumers, from economic to climate crises, and how these in turn will impact consumption habits and centres of wealth to transform retail.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Episode 3:\u00a0<\/span>We consider how consumers will shop and highlights innovative paths to purchase, from bartering economies to crypto-currencies.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Episode 4:<\/span>\u00a0The series concludes on the pandemic\u2019s impact on consumer behaviour, the growing demand for and urgency of sustainable goods, and the evolving attitude towards ownership in what consumers will buy.<\/p>\n<p><i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">To discover how retail\u2019s consumer of tomorrow will impact your business and learn critical, actionable insights into the challenges and opportunities retail\u2019s new ecosystem will bring,\u00a0<\/i><i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;\">follow the series\u00a0<\/i><i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">to ensure you never miss an episode.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Retail Reborn: Expert Commentators<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Thomas J. Campanella<\/span>\u00a0is associate professor of urban studies and city planning at Cornell University and historian-in-residence of the New York City Parks Department. He is also the author of Republic of Shade: New England and American Elm, and The Concrete Dragon: China\u2019s Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World. His writing has appeared in\u00a0<i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">The New York Times<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">Wall Street Journal<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCities are remarkably efficient machines for human civilisation. The greenest place, arguably in North America, is not some pious little town in Vermont\u2026 It\u2019s Manhattan, the densest part of New York City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Cathy Hackl\u00a0<\/span>is founder and CEO of metaverse consultancy, Futures Intelligence Group. Since its launch in 2020, the consultancy has advised brands on growth strategies, NFTs, gaming and virtual fashion. Dubbed the \u201cGodmother of the Metaverse\u201d, Hackl is author of The Metaverse Economy, host of Future of the Metaverse podcast, and was voted BigThink\u2019s top 10 most influential women in tech in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Metaverse is enabled by many different technologies. [\u2026] If I have a wearable glasses that I\u2019m wearing in front of my face and I can augment what people see and I can augment what people hear, that gives retail a different opportunity. Sometimes we will want to go to the store, but it will be a lot more experiential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Sonny Gindi\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Eden Melloul<\/span>\u00a0are co-founders of the St\u00f4ur Group, a business that partners with digital publishers and influencers to bring aspects of online shopping to the physical retail experience. St\u00f4ur is behind The Allure Store, curated by the Cond\u00e9 Nast magazine\u2019s editors. Gindi acts as creative director and Melloul as chief brand officer of St\u00f4ur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRetailers have to stop thinking that brands are vendors. Retailers have to start thinking that brands are their clients and that they are here to service them,\u201d says Gindi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole world is saying retail is dead. And if that\u2019s true, then who killed it? Well, if the internet killed it, then what\u2019s true about the internet? What\u2019s true about the internet is content. [\u2026] We create a bunch of bespoke content around your product. Effectively, it\u2019s a marketing suite of services inside of a physical retail environment,\u201d continues Melloul.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Tracy Francis<\/span>\u00a0is the head of consumer packaged goods and retail practises in Central and South America at McKinsey &amp; Company. Based in the S\u00e3o Paulo offices, Francis is the author of the McKinsey report, \u2018True Gen\u2019: Generation Z and its implications for companies. Its one of the most viewed articles on\u00a0McKinsey.com\u00a0in the past two years, with over 1.5 million views. Francis previously founded and led the company\u2019s Latin American healthcare practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Gen-Z, the first lever they pull on [is] sustainability. [\u2026] The second lever they pull is, do I need it first hand or can I exchange with a friend? Or should I go to this secondhand website and put it for sale and get something else in return?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Erwan Rambourg<\/span>\u00a0is a luxury and sporting goods analyst and author of The Bling Dynasty: Why The Reign of Chinese Luxury Shoppers Has Only Just Begun, and Future Luxe: What\u2019s Ahead for the Business of Luxury. A former marketing manager at LVMH and Richemont in the early 2000s, Rambourg is a regular contributor to the\u00a0<i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">Wall Street Journal<\/i>,\u00a0<i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">Financial Times<\/i>,\u00a0<i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">CNBC<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">Bloomberg<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe future is really about mainland China and, to a certain extent, the up-and-coming American consumer. You have to take into account values that might be different. Typically, if you\u2019re looking at a European consumer, she has been exposed for ages to these goods and she probably lives in a country [\u2026] where you\u2019ve had an aristocratic history. In the US, it\u2019s completely different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Sandy Gilsenan<\/span>\u00a0is senior vice president of retail at Warby Parker, which she joined in 2018. Gilsenan oversees all retail operations as well as the expansion of vision services. Prior to Warby Parker, Gilsenan was the senior vice president of North America for Sweaty Betty and spent 14 years at J.Crew as vice president of store operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s painful to come to a retail store. It can be inconvenient, except for those people that really like to shop. So we really consider what customer feedback does to help us to make critical decisions around our brick-and-mortar business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Winston Ma<\/span>, CFA &amp; Esq., is an investor, attorney and adjunct professor in the global digital economy. Ma was managing director and head of North America for the China Investment Corporation, and held positions as the deputy head of equity capital markets at Barclays Capital, and vice president at J.P. Morgan. He is author of China\u2019s Mobile Economy, The Hunt for Unicorns: How Sovereign Funds Are Reshaping Investment in the Digital Economy, and The Digital War: How China\u2019s Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData is valuable. [\u2026] And at the same time, [consumers] also recognise data is dangerous. [\u2026] So I think there\u2019s a global push not only from the government side, but also from the users side, to limit the usage of biometric payment out of legitimate privacy concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Marjorie Hernandez de Vogelsteller<\/span>\u00a0is a design and innovation expert and co-founder of LUKSO \u2014 a blockchain infrastructure that provides a series of standards and solutions for physical and digital consumer goods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty much everything that you can do in bitcoin is just transact with bitcoins. [\u2026] You can potentially put a message in the transaction, but that\u2019s pretty much it. [\u2026] We go from just being able to transact like we do in Bitcoin to being able to to create business logic and to build different kinds of applications and implementations that are more complex than just transactions within the Ethereum ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Gina Bibby<\/span>\u00a0is a partner at Withersworldwide, leading the law firm\u2019s global fashion tech practice. Bibby advises fashion tech clients on corporate formation, venture capital, corporate transactions, real estate, privacy, e-commerce and intellectual property. In recognition of her innovative fashion tech practice,\u00a0<i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">The American Lawyer<\/i>\u00a0named Bibby a \u201c2021 Trailblazer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have a segment of the population that has been historically discriminated against by financial institutions. So, then what you have with the Blockchain is you remove all of those barriers to entry because I can be an individual with no credit history and no credit card, and I can still transact with brands and retailers online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Sheldon Solomon<\/span>, a returning guest from\u00a0season one\u00a0of Retail Reborn, is a social psychologist and professor of psychology at Skidmore University. Solomon developed the terror management theory, along with Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski. He is also co-author of In the Wake of 9\/11: The Psychology of Terror, and The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMillennials have been kicked in the psychological groin in extraordinary ways. And moreover, they\u2019re in an excruciating position, because they\u2019re the first generation who didn\u2019t do better than their parents, but nobody told their parents, so they were squeezed in a world of diminishing opportunity and rising expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Justine Porterie<\/span>\u00a0is the global head of sustainability at Depop, where she leads their efforts in helping to make fashion more circular. Having started her career in consulting, Porterie specialises in responsible investment, ESG impact and sustainability strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuying second-hand or making-second hand gifts [\u2026] was a total taboo. Whereas now, especially with Depop and the young generation, [\u2026] it has a powerful aura to it and social credit that comes with it because it means uniqueness and because it means you go out of your way to express yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Michaela Larosse<\/span>\u00a0is head of content and strategy at digital fashion house The Fabricant. Larosse has worked with brands such as the BBC, Nike and Visa, and is dedicated to advancing the transition to a circular economy and advocating on behalf of brands and initiatives that actively contribute to a more sustainable future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a way of iterating your identity in virtual spaces. [\u2026] Going to a digital concert in a virtual world, maybe that\u2019s where you let your digital fashion imagination run wild and you wear a garment that\u2019s physically impossible in the real world. The creative palette with digital fashion is as big as your imagination because there are no physical boundaries to creation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; font-weight: bolder;\">Aude Vergne<\/span>\u00a0is chief sustainability officer at luxury fashion brand Chlo\u00e9, which recently acquired B-Corp status. Vergne is also a member of the strategic committee and licences director at the brand. Prior to her current role, Vergne worked for 15 years in the beauty industry holding several management positions for Unilever and Shiseido. She worked on Jean Paul Gaultier and Elie Saab lines, and launched Ala\u00efa into perfume.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the fashion industry overall, I think the first question is for me about changing habits. You can buy one item, which is a slightly higher price and lower impact attributes. Instead of 10, you can buy second hand, you can swap. So today, the younger generation has much more options to move to a circular model and to buy less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;\">Follow the series\u00a0<\/i><i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">to ensure you never miss an episode and discover actionable insights into the opportunities and challenges the consumer of tomorrow will bring and how retail\u2019s transformation will impact your business.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">At Brookfield Properties, we\u2019re revolutionising retail by creating live\/work\/play environments that meet the needs of today\u2019s shopper while benefitting the communities where they live.\u00a0<\/i><i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;\">Discover more<\/i><i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: currentcolor; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent;\">\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/online-workshops-list\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png\" alt=\"Retail Online Training\" width=\"729\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png 729w, https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><\/p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article originally appeared on Business of Fashion. 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