How J.Crew’s CEO is bringing preppy back
J.Crew Group CEO Libby Wadle—a two-decade veteran of the legacy retailer—is figuring out how the brand fits America today.
When Libby Wadle became CEO of J.Crew Group in November 2020, conditions were not ideal. It had been six months since the company—which tripled annual revenue to $2.2 billion between 2003 and 2013—had declared bankruptcy after six years of spiraling sales.