Jigsaw names Chris Stephenson its new CEO

Fashion brand Jigsaw has confirmed to FashionUnited that Chris Stephenson joined the company as its CEO on July 16, 2018. The company’s spokesperson added that Stephenson had been acting as a non-executive director of Jigsaw since June 2018.

According to Stephenson’s LinkedIn profile, before joining Jigsaw, he was associated with Penland Brands as global president of active division. Prior to that he served as chief executive officer of Canterbury for eight years.

Last year, Jigsaw witnessed a strong Christmas in a challenging market, against a high 2016 comparable. Sales for the five weeks to December 31, 2017 were 7 percent up on last year despite the brand continuing to ignore the promotional Black Friday period.

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