Nancy Cruickshank

Nancy Cruickshank

Cruickshank in 2008
Born London
Nationality British
Occupation CEO, MyShowcase.com
Years active 2000–present

Nancy Cruickshank is a British entrepreneur in beauty, fashion, and technology. She has founded three start-ups and helped launch several others. Since 2012, she is the CEO of MyShowcase.com, a direct-sales beauty products retailer.

Early life and education

Nancy Cruickshank was born in London.[1] Her father worked for Revlon and, when she was 11, her parents moved to Hong Kong while she attended a boarding school.[2][3] She graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in history.[2]

Career

Cruickshank began her career at Condé Nast in magazine and advertising sales.[3] In 1995 she was named commercial director of Condé Nast online[4][3][5] and helped launch the publisher's titles online, including Vogue and GQ.[6] In April 2000 she and her husband, Jim, launched a property site, Smove.com.[7]

Cruickshank founded Handbag.com in 2000.[7] She stated in 2014 that it grew to be the number-one fashion and beauty website in the UK, with 1.5 million visits monthly.[7] Cruickshank sold the Handbag Publishing Group to the National Magazine Company, a member of the Hearst Group, in 2006 for a reported £22 million.[2][8] After staying on as managing director for another year, she became CEO of VideoJug, a "how-to video website", in October 2007.[8] In March 2009 she was named executive director of digital development for the Telegraph Media Group.[8]

From April 2012 to March 2013 she served as launch CEO of Weve, a media and mobile commerce joint venture for UK mobile operators.[4][9]

In June 2012 Cruickshank, together with Kate Shapland, Rodrigo Dauster, and Olivier Beau de Loménie, launched MyShowcase.com.[3] This direct-sales retailer promotes 25 beauty brands through home showings led by MyShowcase salespeople;[10] products are also sold online.[7]

Other activities

Cruickshank served for many years as a board member of the Cosmetic Executive Women trade organisation.[7][5] In 2013 she became an independent non-executive director for the TelecityGroup.[11] In 2014 she was named an independent director of OnMobile.[9]

Personal

Cruickshank met her husband, Jim, at the University of Leeds when they were both 19.[7] They married in 1997[12] and have two daughters.[7] They maintain homes in London and Devon, [10] which they live between throughout the year with their children and two dogs.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "About Me: Nancy Cruickshank, Founding Stylist". MyShowcase. 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Baker, Martin (23 October 2011). "No Handbag, just the height of web fashion". The Independent. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Sinclair, Emma (17 December 2012). "How beauty site MyShowcase creates entrepreneurs". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Meet the Fifty Most Inspiring Women in European Tech". Inspiring Fifty. 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  5. 1 2 Holt, Erika (11 August 2014). "Behind The Brand – Nancy Cruickshank". Erisea Magazine. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Power Chat: Nancy Cruickshank, MyShowcase". step-up-club.net. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Inspirational Woman: Nancy Cruickshank – Founder of MyShowcase". We Are The City. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 Luft, Oliver (13 March 2009). "Nancy Cruickshank joins Telegraph Media Group". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  9. 1 2 "OnMobile expands Board – appoints Nancy Cruickshank and Bruno Ducharme as Independent Directors (press release)". OnMobile. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  10. 1 2 Bell, Poorna (10 November 2013). "My Life: Nancy Cruickshank, Founder of Handbag.com And MyShowcase.com". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Nancy Cruickshank". TelecityGroup. 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  12. ↑ Davies, Jessica (15 February 2013). ""It's a massively fragmented market and is still evolving fast" – Nancy Cruickshank talks Weve, mobile and buying shoes in the back of a taxi". The Drum. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "MyShowcase". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
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