Fashion Retail's Growth Obsession Is Killing Businesses

20 Aug 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief interview segment, Speaker B explains the motivation behind a proprietary index he developed for the fashion industry. He observes that many fashion retailers pursue growth at any cost, a strategy that has led to the failure and disappearance of numerous businesses. Speaker A prompts the discussion by asking why the index was created, prompting B to articulate that the index is meant to capture and highlight the detrimental effects of unchecked growth obsession in fashion retail.

you're actually holding to account the fact that the model does not work fundamentally anymore. How— well, the first part of that is, why did you decide to come up with this index?
So I think my observation over the years that I've worked in the fashion space is that often retailers are chasing growth at any cost. And as a result, it has cost a lot of businesses. Businesses no longer exist.