{"id":4177,"date":"2022-04-28T20:11:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T00:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events.retailcouncil.org\/dtl\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=4177"},"modified":"2022-04-29T10:55:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:55:39","slug":"joanna-griffiths","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/events.retailcouncil.org\/dtl\/blog\/speaker\/joanna-griffiths\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanna Griffiths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since launching Knix in 2013, Founder and CEO Joanna Griffiths has built it into one of the fastest growing intimate apparel brands worldwide. With a brand mission of empowering women, Knix is now the sixth fastest growing company in Canada and was named <em>Strategy Magazine<\/em>\u2019s \u201c2020 Brand of the Year\u201d. Joanna is recognized nationally and internationally for her work as an entrepreneur and marketing disruptor, championing the topics of body inclusivity, fertility, mental health, and postpartum health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March 2021, Joanna made headlines when she closed a $50M funding round, three days before giving birth to her twin daughters. Throughout the process, Joanna had one simple rule \u2014 any potential investor who questioned her pregnancy and her ability to run a nine-figure company and be a mother was cut from the process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only Canadian to be named one of <em>Adweek<\/em>\u2019s 2021 Women Trailblazers, Joanna holds multiple patents and has been cited in hundreds of media publications, including <em>Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times<\/em>, and more. 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