In Las Vegas, Signet CEO Calls for Industry Innovation

Las Vegas--As jewelry sales continue to lag other consumer goods categories and experiences, one industry executive called for companies big and small to evolve and innovate. At a breakfast held Friday morning before the Las Vegas jewelry trade shows opened for the day, Signet Jewelers CEO Gina Drosos delivered the keynote speech following Reed Jewelry Group Senior Vice President Yancy Weinrich’s presentation on the 2018 JCK State of the Industry Jewelry Report Drosos was named CEO of Signet in July 2017 , replacing longtime executive Mark Light She joined the company with plenty of experience in consumer goods and driving brand and segment growth, experience she will apply to building Signet and the jewelry industry going forward, she said Friday. At the start of the keynote, Drosos referred to former Intel CEO Andy Grove, addressing his business stance through the title of his book: “Only the Paranoid Survive,” which talks about how Intel had to . More