WGSN claims to be the world’s leading trend forecasting service for the fashion and design industries, providing current and forward looking trend analysis and real-time global intelligence updated every hour.
Julie has led the strategic development of WGSN’s business in Asia Pacific since 2007. During her time there, she led the sales and marketing teams across 15 countries to deliver a strong sales performance. She also managed the successful launch of WGSN’s first Chinese service in July 2011, which provides up to the minute inspiration, intelligence and news reports all in local language.
Duncan Painter, CEO, Emap said: “Julie is a strong commercial leader and gifted innovator. In her new role, she will create a next generation front end systems interface with market leading applications to further serve our customers, build on the current leadership position of the WGSN brand to strengthen our presence in established markets and accelerate growth into new markets.”
