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Fashion’s bigwigs are not necessarily all-out control freaks.
Some are, of course. But not every chief executive officer needs to have a hand in every nuance of the business empires they oversee. The best, in fact, are generally good at delegating.
Still, when it comes to the regular exercise of reporting financial results to Wall Street — and painting the broader picture for investors — the corner office set is filled with, let’s say, selective control freaks.
CEOs are once again “controlling the controllables.”
The parsing of high-level business speak is an inexact art. But “controlling the controllables” is often a kind of low-key warning that there could be some tough sledding ahead — and if there is, the CEO is being as proactive as possible.
It’s an acknowledgment that the futu
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