The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Pandora has hired Karl Walsh to head its new global e-commerce division, the Danish jewellery maker said on Monday.
Walsh, 38, joins Pandora from Accenture and has previously worked at McKinsey & Co, Archetypes, Brandtone and Boston Consulting Group.
Pandora said the new division "should make it possible to strengthen cooperation with Pandora's 100 markets and ensure rapid progress in the e-commerce field."
Pandora also said on Monday that Minna Philipson, its senior vice president for global marketing since 2016, has decided to leave the company.
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Pandora lags peers in online as a percentage of overall sales.
Shares in Pandora are down more than 26 percent over the past year hurt by lower sales in the United States, its largest market.
The firm, best known as a retailer of charm bracelets, further disappointed investors when it missed its own 2017 earnings forecast.
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Stine Jacobsen; editor: Jason Neely.
From analysis of the global fashion and beauty industries to career and personal advice, BoF’s founder and CEO, Imran Amed, will be answering your questions on Sunday, February 18, 2024 during London Fashion Week.
The State of Fashion 2024 breaks down the 10 themes that will define the industry in the year ahead.
Imran Amed reviews the most important fashion stories of the year and shares his predictions on what this means for the industry in 2024.
After three days of inspiring talks, guests closed out BoF’s gathering for big thinkers with a black tie gala followed by an intimate performance from Rita Ora — guest starring Billy Porter.