AT THE SAME TIME fashion industry executives are still “extremely concerned”
about perennial issues – inflation and the prospect of a recession, labor and
product costs, drafting effective direct-to-consumer strategies, and the future of
direct-to-consumer (D2C) retail – they are also wrestling with a host of more contemporary issues including the impact of AI, sustainability, and the trajectory of consumer change in China, according to a new survey of 1,000 industry leaders conducted by Kearney, a global professional services firm, in association with WWD.