FSW Briefing: Premiere of FSW Conversations Season 2
The second season of the FSW Conversations podcast features in-depth discussions with retail, fashion, and luxury brands and experts on a range of topics affecting these industries.
The FSW team is pleased to announce that the second season of our podcast series, FSW Conversations, will be released on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, beginning with three full-length episodes.
Building off the success of our first season, we are excited to bring you 10 episodes featuring in-depth conversations with some of retail, fashion, and luxury’s brightest minds and innovative thinkers.
The goal of FSW Conversations is to drive more collaborative, creative conversations about fashion and luxury to uncover what you really need to know today and for the future within fashion, luxury, and the wider retail landscape.
The FSW Conversations podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and all of your favorite podcasting platforms.
Season 2 of FSW Conversations features a range of fashion and luxury experts, including several brand marketing leaders, luxury retail strategists, fashion entrepreneurs, academics, and other industry thought leaders. Topics this season include everything from the state of luxury digital and AI to global luxury pricing dynamics, as well as the aesthetics of beauty in luxury.
Season 2 starts with three episodes, including discussions on key topics affecting consumer-facing brands today.
Episode 1 features Marco Ruffa, former Chief Marketing Officer at Pinko. In this episode, he talks to FSW about AI, innovation, data strategy, and the role of human creativity in fashion and luxury.
Episode 2 features Philipp Labkovskiy, Global E-Commerce Director of ECCO. He speaks to our team about the opportunities and challenges of retail e-commerce and the importance of the content, data, and product equation in delivering quality, personalized customer experiences.
Episode 3 features Michael Spicher, PhD, Founder and Director of the Aesthetics Research Lab. In this episode, he talks about the critical role of aesthetics in the luxury industry and why having an aesthetic-driven strategy can help brands build deeper, more human connections with consumers.
After these first three episodes, we will release a new podcast every other Tuesday through the end of April.
Some highlights of Season 2 include:
Digital transformation leader Heidi Svane Peterson, Head of Digital for the Lifestyle Design Cluster, will speak about the complexity of fashion sustainability.
Tom Marchant, CEO of innovative travel agency Black Tomato, will chat about adventure travel and the art of storytelling.
Stylist Michaela Leitz-Aslaksen will speak about inclusivity, sizing, and the business of style.
Strategist Sanja Becirovic will tell us about what drives pricing strategies at luxury brands, one of the most critical industry issues of the past few years.
As a quick preview, check out the trailer for FSW Conversations Season 2: