Mindful Fashion has announced the launch of the Mindful Fashion Circular Design Award. This new award is a sustainable design competition that challenges designers to cut waste out of fashion. It’s a chance to put the spotlight on, and celebrate, circular solutions in fashion. Discover the details and get involved.

We know the importance of keeping amazing employees in your business, so we thought we’d share some tips on how to spot a flight-risk and proactive ways to put a pin in their position-change

We sat down with our Recruitment Manager, Ruth to get her advice on how to set yourself up for interview success. Have a read for the prep-steps that she swears by.

As we breathe in that autumn air and realise that a new season is upon us, the Frame team have taken the chance to reflect on the year so far and to set some intentions for the months ahead.

With much more working from home than ever before, we know how difficult it can be to really switch off from work mode and take that much needed break. We share a few of our top tips to ensuring a disruption free and relaxing Christmas and summer break…

Resigning from your  job can quite often be more difficult than going through the interview process for a new role. If you’re about to hand in your notice, here are a few must-do’s to ensure it goes smoothly… 

We caught up with Frame Account Manager Lexie to chat all things summer fashion, this season’s wedding trends and her advice for candidates job hunting right now. Lexie is based out of our Christchurch office and has a background in fashion buying so she shares her must-buys this season.

Job interviews can be incredibly nerve wracking, especially when it’s a role you think you’d really love. Standing out in an interview process comes down to your preparation, there are a few simple ways you can do this effectively in the lead up.

We caught up with our Wanaka based senior account manager Jen Silver for a quick Q&A.. It’s a great read, click through to check it out

As our working lives continue to evolve with the increased reliance on mobile technology and as we work from home more than ever, the line that separates professional and personal domains can seem a little blurry. Work-life balance may seem harder to achieve than ever, but the best place to start is by creating work-life boundaries. Click through to find out how.

At Frame we are big on using goal setting in both a professional and personal capacity, we set annual, quarterly and monthly goals to help give us focus and motivation and best of all, it helps us combat procrastination. Click through to discover more about goal setting, how it benefits us.

Effective time management is the key to being successful in your role, and it can be the framework that sets you up to take on bigger opportunities and advance your career. We sat down with Frame’s Director & CEO Rachel Smart and asked her to share her secrets to mastering time management and getting the most from your day.

Refer a friend to the Frame database and be in to win a $200 House of Travel voucher. Click through to learn more

It is so great to see Karen Walker - a longstanding household name within the New Zealand fashion industry, taking mindful and conscious steps towards a sustainable future.

We thoroughly enjoyed this read from Viva Magazine, which spotlights on the sustainable practices at the center of Karen Walker's collections; "zero waste, fully organic and fair trade production".

Head to Viva for the full read, we highly recommend you do!

Get to know our HR & Marketing assistant Gabby Terrell. Based in our Christchurch office, Gabby is juggling a part-time role at Frame, alongside her final year of University study. Head to our blog for a Q&A with Gabby, who shares with us her top tips for balancing work & study, ‘work wardrobe’ staples, and fav spots in chch. x

A delightful read by Remix Magazine, in conversation with Alex of A&C Homestore. Written by Megan Watts

"Our business success is based around us having the right people in the right roles and a fun and friendly work environment".

It is so great to see a New Zealand-owned and operated brand grow, and make conscious changes towards sustainability. We are obsessing over A&C's latest AW22 collection, so many gorgeous, 'forever' homeware pieces to choose from.

An Intriguing and extremely relevant piece by Seek Psychologist Sabina Readl, written by Belinda Parkes. Read on to hear the 6 ways Readl, recommends implementing wellness into the workplace.

If you are an employer who wants to do more for your team, find out more about our b2b wellbeing & development app, Kite Retail, that can be personalised for your brand. Contact Rachel on rachel@frameretail.co.nz

A very insightful read by Courtney Devereux, discussing the ‘retail’ rollercoaster which has been felt by retailers around the globe. We know that this has been especially felt in New Zealand over the past few weeks with isolation periods and staff shortages.

A great manager will factor professional development into your annual goal setting and ensure you have opportunities to develop and grow. Unfortunately not all businesses have formal processes in place and so it’s often left to us to take control of our own growth and development. Here are a few tips to get you started…

Asking for a pay rise is one of the most difficult conversations to have as an employee. Some workplaces have processes in place to regularly review pay, but what if yours doesn’t? We share our tips on how to broach this tricky topic.