Jim's guest on The CMO Podcast for a special Valentine day edition is Michelle Peterson, the Chief Marketing Officer of Kendra Scott, the 23-year-old fashion lifestyle brand founded by Kendra Scott in Austin Texas. This is one unusual brand: it is guided by a three-pronged brand platform: family, fashion, and philanthropy. Its organization is 96% women, with a multigenerational consumer base. Along with organizing up to 25,000 love events a year. It has about 140 stores and is distributed in retailers like Nordstrom and Neiman Markus, and has an estimated value of roughly $1 billion.

Michelle has been CMO at Kendra Scott for about three years. She has overseen explosive growth in sales, new customers, and in her organization’s growth. Before Kendra Scott, Michelle spent 16 years in a variety of roles at General Mills, and then worked at LifeSpa, Intercontinental Hotels, and Pressed, the cold-pressed juice and plant-based treats company, where she was CMO. This is your reminder to order a necklace or ring for your love ones, and tune in for our Valentine conversation with the CMO of Kendra Scott!

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