SPEAKERS
November 16-18, 2026
Scottsdale, AZ
Fairmont Scottsdale Princess
Nick Blunden
President, Business of Fashion
Nick Blunden is the President of The Business of Fashion, the leading provider of news, analysis, insight and advice to the global fashion, beauty and luxury industries. In this role he is responsible for the overall growth of the business including providing leadership to all of the commercial functions within the business including the sales, marketing, product, technology and finance functions.
Before joining The Business of Fashion Nick held a variety of senior positions at The Economist Group including Global Managing Director and Global Digital Publisher of The Economist. He was also Global Publisher of The Economist’s luxury lifestyle titles Intelligent Life and 1843 and the award-winning annual publication The World In.
Prior to The Economist Group Nick spent seven years as European CEO of Profero, at that time the world’s largest independent digital marketing agency, where he worked with clients such as Apple, BMW, Channel 4, HSBC and Pepsi.
Nick has a law degree from the London School of Economics and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney.

