Retail therapy | Kate Spade offers critical mental health training to front-line store employees

Fashion retailer Kate Spade has embarked on a major program to train its front-line workers on mental health in a bid to improve their wellbeing.

The Mental Health First Aid (MFHA) at Work retail training program is offered by the National Council of Mental Wellbeing, and has trained over 130 Kate Spade employees to date.

The fashion house expects that by June, over 900 of its employees will have completed the training, with plans to roll it out to its full workforce of 3,200 store associates over time.

Speaking to Modern Retail, Taryn Bird, Director of Social Impact at Kate Spade, says she hopes the program will ensure workers can “cultivate good mental health for themselves.”