Mark Bage
Art Director, Director, and Designer in London United Kingdom
An accomplished, award winning CEO - Creative / Ecommerce Director equipped with a commanding track record of conceiving and turning innovative business solutions into actuality within the fashion lifestyle industry. Successful in identifying and recognising ecommerce markets and creatively marketing those gaps in the market place, building and rebuilding teams, utilising business acumen and a wealth of industry contacts to capitalise on such opportunities. As Ecommerce Director he founded Coggles.com an online fashion lifestyle website from start-up to 8m turnover, using innovative marketing strategies which included social media and digital campaigns to create a community of over 300k users. He recently founded 'Not Studio' (www.not-studio.com). Not Studio is a digital design and build studio which specialises in everything digital for the fashion industry.
A regular contributor to Retail Week, Drapers, Menswear Buyer and other titles, on behalf of the event organisers, he delivers conference Q&A;’s and e-commerce talks. Judged both the Draper's Etail and retail awards on multiple occasions. He was voted 47th on ‘The Top 100 most Influential People In The Fashion Industry’ in the ‘The Drapers Power List'. Few practitioners bring his rounded and in-depth experience of distance selling channels of the web, direct mail, mobile and retail stores. As such he is extremely well placed to help any business build the value of these channels. “Coggles is no minnow – Mark Bage has grown the business into a serious player through its popular ecommerce site, which is why the business was named number one by Drapers.” – Drapers Editor
Honors & Awards Fashion's Top 100 People 2012 - No.71 Fashion's Top 100 People 2011 - No.58 Fashion's Top 100 People 2010 - No.40 Fashion's Top 100 People 2009 - No.86 Buyer of the Year 2010 Designer Store of the Year 2007 Designer Store of the Year 2005 UK Fashion Awards Best Designer Store 2008 Top 100 Inspiring Independents 2012 - No.1 Top 100 Inspiring Independents 2013 - No.2 Independent Retailer of the Year 2010 Independent Etailer of the Year 2010 Independent Etailer of the Year 2009 Independent Retailer of the Year 2007 Independent Womens Store of the Year 2007 Independent Retailer of the Year 2005