Conversation with Cheryl Stallworth, Co-Founder, ShedLight
Cheryl Stallworth shares her vast experience on developing international brands. She challenges business leaders to “get out of their bubbles,” beyond their own communities, and strive to engage more benevolently and authentically with customers.
Conversation with Valerie Mayén, Founder, YellowcakeShop
Valerie Mayén discusses her ongoing work to create a more sustainable fashion company that puts her employees, customers and the environment at the forefront of all her business decisions. She also shares her insights as a Latina entrepreneur.
Communicating via Corporate Podcasts
In this time of social unrest, corporations must create new channels of communication to authentically engage in conversations with employees and customers. Podcasts offer an intimate, conversational format wherein ideas can be shared, and values can be transmitted. Fashion Consort can help companies develop podcast strategies and content.
Conversation with Jordana Guimarães, Founder, Fashinnovation
Jordana Guimarães makes a second appearance on the podcast, this time focusing on the opportunity the fashion and retail industries have to build community. She advocates for cross-discipline collaboration to to find innovative ways to solve current social issues.
Conversation with Milton Springut, Founding Partner, Springut Law PC
Milton Springut shares his vast knowledge of intellectual property law and its intrinsic relationship with fashion. He provides advice for entrepreneurs to consider as they begin their businesses, and offers perspective on the legal situation, specifically leases, most retailers are facing during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Conversation with Meghan Houle, Sr. Executive Recruiter, The Bowerman Group
Meghan Houle shares her insights into the fashion industry recruiting and hiring process, especially within the context of the current Covid-19 pandemic. She provides tips on how to executive a successful job search, including advice on setting up a LinkedIn profile, creating your resume, preparing for an interview and following-up post-interview.
Conversation with Timo Rissanen, Associate Professor, UTS
Timo Rissanen challenges listeners with innovative ways to think more sustainability about the fashion system, including design and retail. He focuses on the role that consumers play in this complex system and discusses the intrinsic connection between sustainability and social justice.
Conversation with Vasumathi Soundararajan, Service & Interaction Designer, Fjord
Vasumathi Soundararajan describes her role and ethos as a service and interaction designer, focused on how customers experience brands digitally and physically. She shares insight, as an entrepreneur, on growing a customer-centric business.
Conversation with Donald Rattner, Architect & Author
Donald Rattner discusses the science behind space design with a focus on how retailers can connect more organically and successfully with customers. He coins a new term, “retidential” design, a mash-up of retail and residential, to describe a movement towards more intimate, home-like retail spaces.
Transition in a Time of Crisis
As the host of a podcast called Transition of Style, a queer-focused podcast that discusses the intersection between gender identity and personal style, I rely on connecting with my guests one-on-one, so that we can engage in an authentic, heartfelt exchange. My goal is to create a space where they feel comfortable and at ease, where they can share intimate details and sometimes very painful experiences, all while knowing they’ll be supported and not judged in any way.
Conversation with Dr. Guido Lang, Associate Professor, Quinnipiac University
Dr. Guido Lang shares his insights on developing new ideas and bringing them to the market, especially in the technology space. He reinforces the idea that staying focused on solving one particular problem first, before trying to scale, is key to a successful new business. And he discusses the need for a more inclusive education in digital skills.
Fashion & Racism + Special Episode of "Retail Revolution"
In this special episode of Fashion Consort News Bytes, founder Joshua Williams shares his thoughts on the current issues of racial injustice and how they effect the fashion industry. This episode includes the Retail Revolution episode “Fashion & Racism” with Sabrina Lynch.
Fashion & Racism, A Conversation with Sabrina Lynch, Integrated Marketing Specialist
Producer Joshua Williams joins host Christopher Lacy to share in a special conversation with Sabrina Lynch, an integrated marketing and communication specialist about the issue of race and fashion, specifically as it relates to black people. This episode includes frank discussion about the systemic racism inherent in fashion, the commoditization of black culture and the lack of black voices in the industry, and concludes with a challenge for fashion brands to listen, reflect and act for equity and inclusion.
Press Release: Retail Revolution Podcast
Retail Revolution is a new podcast series based in New York City which delves into fashion retail, it’s current systems and new systems, in order to create a better and more sustainable future. Produced by Joshua Williams and hosted by Christopher Lacy, the Retail Revolution podcast features in-depth conversations with experts in omni-channel retailing with myriad perspectives: technology, consumer engagement, data analytics, merchandising and more. Expert guests include Ron Thurston, Vice President of Stores, Intermix; Meisha Brown, Vice President of Department Stores for Kering Eyewear; Brandon Roe, marketer and author of Why Fashion Brands Die; and Noam Levavi, Chief Executive Officer of ByondXR.
Creation and Fashion Inspiration
Joshua Williams speaks with fashion designer and haute couturier, Gilles Montezin, about his creative sources and sources of inspiration.
Building a Successful Fashion Design Career
Senior Consultant and professor, Susanna Moyer, shares some quick tips and tricks to updating your fashion design portfolio.
Building Brand Values Virtually
In May 2020, Joshua Williams shared his insights on brand building in special livestream event in partnership with WindowsWear. This is the transcript.
What really is education and how can we think about that in terms of brand values, beyond just going to college: taking a class, reading a book, and so on. Really, at the core of education is sort of ongoing personal development and learning things or sort of expanding our knowledge base so that we have the tools that we need to, to make better decisions, to know how to interact. And obviously in this kind of time of crisis, this is come to the forefront. in addition, I think that education from my perspective as a professor is not just about what you learn or it's about how you learn and who you learn with.