Fashion Leaders Breakfast: Insights isn’t action - How reclaiming time protects margins and talent

There is no shortage of talent or data in fashion. There is a shortage of time. Trading teams still spend Sunday evenings and Monday mornings pulling CSVs, reconciling systems that do not talk to each other and verifying numbers in spreadsheets before a single trade decision gets made. Plenty has been bought to fix this. The trading week has not gotten any shorter.

We are bringing together senior retail leaders for a working breakfast to talk honestly about why.

Join us on 22 October at Michelin Star restaurant Hide, in London’s Mayfair, for this exclusive and interactive roundtable with experts from our partner Dropit.

What we'll get into:

• Insight versus action: what actually has to happen before stock moves?
• AI already in the building: what’s driving margin, what is just another dashboard, and what quietly got switched off last year?
• Human and machine: when was the last time someone overrode a recommendation and were they right?
• Monthly to daily: what the reclaimed hours would be pointed at, and how that shows up in full-price sell-through, markdown liability and stock turn.

Please note that, while we will photograph the event and promote it on our website and social channels, the conversation around the table will remain off the record to allow guests to speak freely.

You will also enjoy a delicious breakfast at one of London’s most desirable Michelin-starred restaurants and receive a luxury Diptyque gift as a thank you for attending.

Format and Timings:

• 08:45: Arrivals, networking & coffee + welcome from Lauretta Roberts, Editor in chief of TheIndustry.fashion
• 09:00: Breakfast service followed by roundtable discussion
• 11:00: Close of event

Venue address: HIDE, 85 Piccadilly, London W1J 7NB

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