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Why CONCÉ

Hiring in luxury is still built on instinct.

Four things are true of almost every premium brand we talk to.

The problem

Talent stays a reactive expense.

01
90 to 120 days to fill a luxury corporate or wholesale role. Two to three times the published median.
02
75% of applicants miss the mark. Leadership time spent reviewing people who were never a fit.
03
Bias and process fatigue. The same hiring mistakes repeat because the feedback never becomes data.
04
No centralised talent infrastructure. The pipeline lives in a spreadsheet. The judgement leaves with the recruiter.

Talent stays a reactive expense while the brand competes for exceptional people with no way to identify or keep them.

The founder

Twenty years of pattern recognition, now a system.

Meghan Houle, Founder and CEO

Former top-ranked executive recruiter specializing in luxury, fashion, beauty and consumer brands. Twenty years placing talent at the brands that define their categories.

2,000+
Placements made
$15M+
In search fees generated
96%
Hire retention at 12 months*
100,000+
Professionals reached
“A résumé cannot tell you how someone will greet a client.”

Meghan Houle, Founder and CEO, CONCÉ

Featured in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal and Good Morning America on hiring and the future of retail talent.

The team

Retail operators and engineers, not a recruiting agency with software bolted on.

Meghan Houle

Founder and CEO

Former top-ranked executive recruiter specializing in luxury, fashion, beauty and consumer brands.

Anthony DiPrizio

Chief Technology Officer

Builds the model and the platform. Enterprise software and AI systems leadership.

Mathieu Champigny

Creative and Marketing

Brand, positioning and go-to-market for luxury and consumer brands.

Ron Thurston

Strategic Retail Advisor

Author and retail operator. Decades of store-level and corporate retail leadership.

Who CONCÉ serves

Two sides of the same network.

For brands

Hire on evidence.

  • —Chief People Officers at luxury retail and beauty brands
  • —Heads of Talent building their first hiring infrastructure
  • —Founders scaling founder-led beauty brands fast
  • —Regional and district leaders needing bench depth
For professionals

Be on the bench.

  • —Senior retail, beauty and hospitality professionals
  • —People open to the right role, not actively applying
  • —Candidates tired of competing with 400 applicants
  • —Leaders who want to be found, not just findable

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